Q. What is the result when the number 99 is increased by 16% ?Answer:
Understand Problem: Understand the problem and determine what is being asked.We need to calculate the result of increasing the number 99 by 16%. This means we need to find 16% of 99 and then add it to 99.
Calculate 16% of 99: Calculate 16% of 99.To find 16% of 99, we convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100 and then multiply by 99.16% as a decimal is 10016=0.16.Now, multiply 0.16 by 99 to get the increase amount.990
Add Increase to Original: Add the increase to the original number.Now we add the increase amount to the original number to find the total.99+15.84=114.84
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