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What is 40 percent of 15?
Answer: 40% of 15 is 6.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 40 percent of 15? 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.
\(40\%\) = \(40 \over 100 \) = \(0.4\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 15\)
• \(P\% = 40\%\) = \(40 \over 100 \) = \(0.4\)
\(Answer: 15 \cdot 40\%\) = \(15 \cdot 0.4\) = \(6\)
• \(X = 15\)
• \(P\% = 40\%\) = \(40 \over 100 \) = \(0.4\)
\(Answer: 15 \cdot 40\%\) = \(15 \cdot 0.4\) = \(6\)
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