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What is 1.5 percent of 157?
Answer: 1.5% of 157 is 2.36.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 1.5 percent of 157? Here is a very simple step-by-step guide to find out.
Step 1: A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.
\(1.5\%\) = \(1.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.015\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 157\)
• \(P\% = 1.5\%\) = \(1.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.015\)
\(Answer: 157 \cdot 1.5\%\) = \(157 \cdot 0.015\) = \(2.36\)
• \(X = 157\)
• \(P\% = 1.5\%\) = \(1.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.015\)
\(Answer: 157 \cdot 1.5\%\) = \(157 \cdot 0.015\) = \(2.36\)
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