Example 6.1 from Prealgebra, 6.1 Understand Percent

Understand Percent: example 6.1

According to the Public Policy Institute of California $(2010), 44%$ of parents of public school children would like their youngest child to earn a graduate degree. Write this percent as a ratio.

Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.

Solution

The amount we want to convert is 44%. $44%$

Write the percent as a ratio. Remember that percent means per 100. $\frac{44}{100}$

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The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Write the percent as a ratio.

According to a survey, $89%$ of college students have a smartphone.

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The amount we want to convert is 44%.	$44%$
Write the percent as a ratio. Remember that percent means per 100.	$\frac{44}{100}$

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