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What is 15 percent of 55.9?
Answer: 15% of 55.9 is 8.39.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 15 percent of 55.9? 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.
\(15\%\) = \(15 \over 100 \) = \(0.15\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 55.9\)
• \(P\% = 15\%\) = \(15 \over 100 \) = \(0.15\)
\(Answer: 55.9 \cdot 15\%\) = \(55.9 \cdot 0.15\) = \(8.39\)
• \(X = 55.9\)
• \(P\% = 15\%\) = \(15 \over 100 \) = \(0.15\)
\(Answer: 55.9 \cdot 15\%\) = \(55.9 \cdot 0.15\) = \(8.39\)
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