To Convert from a Percent to a Fraction

Section 2.4 Applications With Percent

To convert from a percent to a fraction:

To convert from a percent to a decimal:

To convert from a fraction to a percent:

To convert from a fraction to a decimal:

To convert from a decimal to a fraction:

To convert from a decimal to a percent:

43) What percent of 68 is 17?

48) 54 is 24% of what number?

53) What percent of 60 is 75?

67) At one point in a recent season, Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners had 213 hits. His batting average was 0.355, or 35.5%. That is, of the total number of at-bats, 35.5% were hits. How many at-bats did he have? 1. Define the variable. 2. Set up an equation. 3. Solve top down. 4. Sentence. 73) To finance her community college education, Irena takes out a Stafford loan for $3500. After a year, Irena decides to pay off the interest, which is 6% of $3500. How much will she pay? 1. Define the variable. 2. Set up an equation. 3. Solve top down. 4. Sentence.

80) The number of minutes that users spent on Myspace.com fell from 7.3 million in April 2008 to 5.0 million in April 2009. Calculate the percentage by which the number decreased. 104) It has been determined that at the age of 15, a boy has reached 96.1% of his final adult height. Jaraan is 6ft 4in at the age of 15. What will his final adult height be? 1. Define the variable. 2. Set up an equation. 3. Solve top down. 4. Sentence.

Homework: MLP (MyLabsPlus) and the following problems from the text. 68, 79 For each of these: Assign a variable (that means you must pick a variable and define it). Set up an equation using the variable. Solve for the variable. Answer the question in a complete sentence.

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