Question
5. Which is greater: 50% of ￡100 or 25% of ￡400
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Hudson
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Answer
Comparison between
's of SubSTEP1 and SubSTEP2 which will indicate if either 50% of £ 100 or 25% of £ 400 is greater. So, performing the calculation we get,For SubSTEP1:
= 50For SubSTEP2:
Hence £ 100 i.e., 25% of £ 400 is greater than 50% of £100 which is £ 50.
Explanation
## Step1: The whole of the first part is 100, while the percent is 50 %. Similarly, the whole of the second part is 400, and the percent is 25## Step2:We begin solving for
in both cases which signifies the part which is a percent of the initial whole, using the rule specified### The formula is:**
**## SubSTEP1: For 50% of £ 100, ###
## SubSTEP2: For 25% of £ 400, ###