CHAPTER

6

Percent

Basic Concepts

Percent means hundredths. For example, 17% means 10017 or 0.17. Another

way to think of 17% is to think of 17 equal parts out of 100 equal parts

(see Fig. 6-1).

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Fig. 6-1.

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