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What is 5 percent of 5.9?
Answer: 5% of 5.9 is 0.3.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 5 percent of 5.9? 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.
\(5\%\) = \(5 \over 100 \) = \(0.05\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 5.9\)
• \(P\% = 5\%\) = \(5 \over 100 \) = \(0.05\)
\(Answer: 5.9 \cdot 5\%\) = \(5.9 \cdot 0.05\) = \(0.3\)
• \(X = 5.9\)
• \(P\% = 5\%\) = \(5 \over 100 \) = \(0.05\)
\(Answer: 5.9 \cdot 5\%\) = \(5.9 \cdot 0.05\) = \(0.3\)
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