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What is 5 percent of 872?
Answer: 5% of 872 is 43.6.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 5 percent of 872? 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:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 872\)
• \(P\% = 5\%\) = \(5 \over 100 \) = \(0.05\)
\(Answer: 872 \cdot 5\%\) = \(872 \cdot 0.05\) = \(43.6\)
• \(X = 872\)
• \(P\% = 5\%\) = \(5 \over 100 \) = \(0.05\)
\(Answer: 872 \cdot 5\%\) = \(872 \cdot 0.05\) = \(43.6\)
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