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What is 10 percent of 87?
Answer: 10% of 87 is 8.7.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 10 percent of 87? 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.
\(10\%\) = \(10 \over 100 \) = \(0.1\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 87\)
• \(P\% = 10\%\) = \(10 \over 100 \) = \(0.1\)
\(Answer: 87 \cdot 10\%\) = \(87 \cdot 0.1\) = \(8.7\)
• \(X = 87\)
• \(P\% = 10\%\) = \(10 \over 100 \) = \(0.1\)
\(Answer: 87 \cdot 10\%\) = \(87 \cdot 0.1\) = \(8.7\)
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