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What is 5.9 percent of 100?
Answer: 5.9% of 100 is 5.9.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 5.9 percent of 100? 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.
\(5.9\%\) = \(5.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.059\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 100\)
• \(P\% = 5.9\%\) = \(5.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.059\)
\(Answer: 100 \cdot 5.9\%\) = \(100 \cdot 0.059\) = \(5.9\)
• \(X = 100\)
• \(P\% = 5.9\%\) = \(5.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.059\)
\(Answer: 100 \cdot 5.9\%\) = \(100 \cdot 0.059\) = \(5.9\)
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