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What is 8.5 percent of 5?
Answer: 8.5% of 5 is 0.43.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 8.5 percent of 5? 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.
\(8.5\%\) = \(8.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.085\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 5\)
• \(P\% = 8.5\%\) = \(8.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.085\)
\(Answer: 5 \cdot 8.5\%\) = \(5 \cdot 0.085\) = \(0.43\)
• \(X = 5\)
• \(P\% = 8.5\%\) = \(8.5 \over 100 \) = \(0.085\)
\(Answer: 5 \cdot 8.5\%\) = \(5 \cdot 0.085\) = \(0.43\)
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