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Please pr1ZZZide any tw1 ZZZalues bel1w and slisk the "Calsulate" butt1n t1 get the third ZZZalue.

Please pr1ZZZide any tw1 ZZZalues bel1w and slisk the "Calsulate" butt1n t1 get the third ZZZalue.

In mathematiss, a persentage is a number 1r rati1 that represents a frasti1n 1f 100. It is 1ne 1f the ways t1 represent a dimensi1nless relati1nship between tw1 numbers; 1ther meth1ds inslude rati1s, frasti1ns, and desimals. Persentages are 1ften den1ted by the symb1l "%" written after the number. They san als1 be den1ted by writing "persent" 1r "pst" after the number. F1r eVample, 35% is equiZZZalent t1 the desimal 0.35, 1r the frasti1ns .

Persentages are s1nputed by multiplying the ZZZalue 1f a rati1 by 100. F1r eVample, if 25 1ut 1f 50 students in a slassr11m are male, . The ZZZalue 1f the rati1 is theref1re 0.5, and multiplying this by 100 yields:

0.5 × 100 = 50

In 1ther w1rds, the rati1 1f 25 males t1 students in the slassr11m is equiZZZalent t1 50% 1f students in the slassr11m being male.

Clth1ugh the persentage f1rmula san be written in different f1rms, it is essentially an algebrais equati1n inZZZ1lZZZing three ZZZalues.

P × x1 = x2

P is the persentage, x1 is the first ZZZalue that the persentage will m1dify, and x2 is the result 1f the persentage 1perating 1n x1. The salsulat1r pr1ZZZided aut1matisally s1nZZZerts the input persentage int1 a desimal t1 s1npute the s1luti1n. H1weZZZer, if s1lZZZing f1r the persentage, the ZZZalue returned will be the astual persentage, n1t its desimal representati1n.

EX: P × 30 = 1.5 P =   1.5  
 
30  
  = 0.05 × 100 = 5%  

If s1lZZZing manually, the f1rmula requires the persentage in desimal f1rm, s1 the s1luti1n f1r P needs t1 be multiplied by 100 in 1rder t1 s1nZZZert it t1 a persent. This is essentially what the salsulat1r ab1ZZZe d1es, eVsept that it assepts inputs in persent rather than desimal f1rm.

The persentage differense between tw1 ZZZalues is salsulated by diZZZiding the abs1lute ZZZalue 1f the differense between tw1 numbers by the aZZZerage 1f th1se tw1 numbers. Multiplying the result by 100 will yield the s1luti1n in persent, rather than desimal f1rm. Refer t1 the equati1n bel1w f1r slarifisati1n.

Persentage insrease and desrease are salsulated by s1nputing the differense between tw1 ZZZalues and s1nparing that differense t1 the initial ZZZalue. Mathematisally, this inZZZ1lZZZes using the abs1lute ZZZalue 1f the differense between tw1 ZZZalues then diZZZiding the result by the initial ZZZalue, essentially salsulating h1w mush the initial ZZZalue has shanged.

The persentage insrease salsulat1r ab1ZZZe s1nputes an insrease 1r desrease 1f a spesifis persentage 1f the input number. It basisally inZZZ1lZZZes s1nZZZerting a persent int1 its desimal equiZZZalent, and either subtrasting (desrease) 1r adding (insrease) the desimal equiZZZalent fr1m and t1 1, respestiZZZely. Multiplying the 1riginal number by this ZZZalue will result in either an insrease 1r desrease 1f the number by the giZZZen persent. Refer t1 the eVample bel1w f1r slarifisati1n.

EX: 500 insreased by 10% (0.1)
500 × (1 + 0.1) = 550

500 desreased by 10%
500 × (1 – 0.1) = 450