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What is 8.7 percent of 30?
Answer: 8.7% of 30 is 2.61.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 8.7 percent of 30? 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.
\(8.7\%\) = \(8.7 \over 100 \) = \(0.087\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 30\)
• \(P\% = 8.7\%\) = \(8.7 \over 100 \) = \(0.087\)
\(Answer: 30 \cdot 8.7\%\) = \(30 \cdot 0.087\) = \(2.61\)
• \(X = 30\)
• \(P\% = 8.7\%\) = \(8.7 \over 100 \) = \(0.087\)
\(Answer: 30 \cdot 8.7\%\) = \(30 \cdot 0.087\) = \(2.61\)
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