Percentage of a number (amount) in a given total

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Percentage of a number (amount) in a given total formula
P
percentage
N
number, amount
D
total

Formula description

In mathematics, a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 (per cent meaning 'per hundred' in Latin). It is often denoted using the percent sign, '%'. This formula is for a problem like: given total D and an amount N, assume P% of D is N, P% is the percentage of N in D, what is P?

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Percentage of a number (amount) in a given total formula
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References

  1. wikipedia:Percentage.

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