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What is 15.9 percent of 5?
Answer: 15.9% of 5 is 0.8.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 15.9 percent of 5? 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.
\(15.9\%\) = \(15.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.159\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 5\)
• \(P\% = 15.9\%\) = \(15.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.159\)
\(Answer: 5 \cdot 15.9\%\) = \(5 \cdot 0.159\) = \(0.8\)
• \(X = 5\)
• \(P\% = 15.9\%\) = \(15.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.159\)
\(Answer: 5 \cdot 15.9\%\) = \(5 \cdot 0.159\) = \(0.8\)
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