Q. Find 186.2% of 229 . Round to the nearest hundredth.Answer:
Convert to decimal: Convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100. To convert a percentage to a decimal, divide by 100. So, 186.2% becomes 1.862 as a decimal. Calculation: 186.2÷100=1.862
Multiply by number: Multiply the decimal by the number to find the percentage of it.To find 186.2% of 229, multiply 1.862 by 229.Calculation: 1.862×229
Perform multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the answer.Now we calculate the product of 1.862 and 229.Calculation: 1.862×229=426.398
Round to nearest hundredth: Round the result to the nearest hundredth.To round to the nearest hundredth, we look at the third decimal place. If it is 5 or more, we round up. If it is less than 5, we round down.Calculation: 426.398 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 426.40, because the third decimal place is less than 5.
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