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What is 2.5 percent of 120?
Answer: 2.5% of 120 is 3.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 2.5 percent of 120? 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.
\(2.5\%\) = \(2.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.025\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 120\)
• \(P\% = 2.5\%\) = \(2.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.025\)
\(Answer: 120 \cdot 2.5\%\) = \(120 \cdot 0.025\) = \(3\)
• \(X = 120\)
• \(P\% = 2.5\%\) = \(2.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.025\)
\(Answer: 120 \cdot 2.5\%\) = \(120 \cdot 0.025\) = \(3\)
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