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Hannibal lecter

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Registered: 2016-02-11

Posts: 392

basic algebra "multiplication"

hi,
what happen when we multiply decimal by a percentage and it is different from the concept of regular multiplication numbers concept
for example
multiply 3 * 4 is  3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12 or 4+4+4 = 12
the clearest explanation of this simply mean 4 copies of 3 added togather or 3  copies of 4

but
when we multiply
100 * 50% it's clearly mean 100 * 50/100 = 100

what is the deep explanation of that mean?

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Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

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Re: basic algebra "multiplication"

Percent means per 100 so you can always replace % by /100

That's all really.

B

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