Q. What is the result when the number 27 is increased by 8% ? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.Answer:
Understand Percentage Increase: Understand that increasing a number by a percentage means you are adding that percentage of the number to itself. To find 8% of 27, we need to convert 8% to a decimal and then multiply it by 27.
Convert Percentage to Decimal: Convert 8% to a decimal by dividing 8 by 100, which equals 0.08.
Multiply to Find 8% of 27: Multiply 27 by 0.08 to find out how much 8% of 27 is. The calculation is 27×0.08=2.16.
Add to Original Number: Add the 8% (which is 2.16) to the original number 27 to find the increased amount. The calculation is 27+2.16=29.16.
Round to Nearest Tenth: Round the result to the nearest tenth. The number 29.16 rounded to the nearest tenth is 29.2.
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