Question

how many times greater is .10% than .02%?

Answer 1

try 0.1 divided by 0.02

Answer 2

not it

Answer 3

Because they are both percentages you can divide one percentage by the other to find the answer:
\[\frac{0.10}{0.02}=?\]

Answer 4

i got 322.59%

Answer 5

No.

Answer 6

.10%-.02%/.02%

Answer 7

0.10 = 1/10

Answer 8

0.02 = 1/50

Answer 9

(1/10)/(1/50)

Answer 10

Can you divide fractions?

Answer 11

criss cross multiplication

Answer 12

Yeah.

Answer 13

?

Answer 14

its asking how many times greater

Answer 15

not the rate of change?

Answer 16

I am hinting at how to do it. I am not going to tell you the answer outright.

Answer 17

Remember that decimals are fractions.

Answer 18

0.10 = 1/10
0.02 = 2/100 = 1/50

Answer 19

yeEAS (Borat accent)

Answer 20

here is an online calculator just do 0.1 divided by 0.02 and then press the equals key

http://web2.0calc.com/

Answer 21

\[\frac{ 0.10 }{ 0.02} = \frac{\frac{ 1 }{10} }{ \frac{ 1 }{ 50 }}\]

Answer 22

wait i hae to move the decmials if its percentage

Answer 23

have

Answer 24

Ohh I didn't see the percent.

Answer 25

Remember to convert a percent to a decimal divide by 100.

Answer 26

? x 2 = 10

whats the value of ?

thats all the question is asking.

Answer 27

.10% = .001
.02%=0.0002

Answer 28

hmmmm ok so i divide .001 by .0002?

Answer 29

Yep!

Answer 30

wait i thought i have to do something different

Answer 31

Women in the United States continue to be paid less than men overall.
Nationally, in 2007, the median weekly earnings of female full-time
wage and salary workers totaled $614, while it was $766 for males.
In 2007, male full-time wage and salary workers earned _________ %
more than female full-time wage and salary workers.

Answer 32

isnt the former problem similar to the this one

Answer 33

this*

Answer 34

if not whats the difference

Answer 35

It's not a % value so you don't have to divide by 100.

Answer 36

hmmmm maybe its cuz this is a absolute quantity and the former was a relative quantity?

Answer 37

so in this case you would (766 – 614)/614 = 24.8%

Answer 38

Well... I guess that's one way to put it....

Answer 39

Yeah that's right.

Answer 40

friggin confusing hella

Answer 41

Haha. You will get the hang of it soon.

Answer 42

ty

Answer 43

wait what was the answer though LMAO it was 5?