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67.337%

Disclosure: I used a different calculator. I hope the result will be the same.
 
Originally Posted By: Benito
67.337%

Disclosure: I used a different calculator. I hope the result will be the same.

This. But instead of using an online calculator I used the calculator to do the following:

9.99-5.97=4.02
4.02/5.97=0.673366....
 
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
If $5.97 is 59.759% of $9.99, how much more (in percentage) is $9.99 than $5.97 ?

I'm using this percentage calculator.


1 - .59759 = .40241 or 40.241%

You can kind of estimate the numbers in your head since 9.99 is almost $10.00.
 
The number following "than" or "of" goes in the denominator (number on the bottom)

100% x 5.97/9.99 = 59.59759759%

100% x (9.99-5.97)/5.97 = 67.337%
 
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
If $5.97 is 59.759% of $9.99, how much more (in percentage) is $9.99 than $5.97 ?

I'm using this percentage calculator.



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First problem:



$5.97 / $9.99 = 0.5975 or 59.75%







Second problem



($9.99 - $5.97)

---------------- = 0.6733 or 67.33%

$5.97





No special online calculator needed, just use the calculator that is on your computer.
 
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
OK guys, so is $9.99 40.241% more than $5.97, or is $9.99 67.337% more than $5.97 ?


67.337%
 
According to Google, 5.97 + 67.50% = 9.99975
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Albert’s cabbage patch has 12 rows of cabbage. In each row, there are 15 heads of cabbage. How many heads of cabbage does Albert have in all?
 
There are two ways you can figure this:

Rick in PA's way:

9.99/5.97 = 1.6733668 or 167.33668% Correct

Another way to look at it:

9.99 - 5.97 = 4.02

4.02 / 5.97 * 100 = 67.33668%
 
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
If $5.97 is 59.759% of $9.99, how much more (in percentage) is $9.99 than $5.97 ?


$9.99 is 66% more than $5.97.

$5.97 is 40% less than $9.99.

What are you trying to calculate?
 
If you made $5.97 an hour and got a 10% raise you'd be up to 6.57.

Do it again, 7.22.

Then 7.95, 8.74, and 9.61.

Finally 10.57 after 6 years. The compounding helps. Instead of being 20% more after two years it's 21%, because it builds on the initial 10%.

There was a crummy dept store (Ames) that offered 70% off all fine jewelry, plus another 20% off, and finally another 10%. They expected that gambit would attract a clientele that sucked at math.

Similarly a BOGO sale that gets you the 2nd item at half off only possibly gives you at most 25% off, and less if there's a price discrepancy between items, as the cheaper one is discounted.
 
Originally Posted By: Ethan1
$9.99 is 66% more than $5.97.

$5.97 is 40% less than $9.99.

What are you trying to calculate?


I was trying to calculate how much more $9.99 is than $5.97, but satinsilver's post threw me for a loop.
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