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    This document defines key terms used to calculate percentages: - Base refers to the number that a percentage is taken of and is considered the whole or total. - Rate refers to the percentage taken and is the result of comparing a number (percentage) to the base (whole). - Percentage is the part being compared to the base and is expressed in the same unit as the base. It provides examples of calculating percentage, base, and rate using the formula P=BR where P is percentage, B is base, and R is rate. It also explains how to calculate the rate of increase or decrease between an original and new quantity.

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    This document defines key terms used to calculate percentages: - Base refers to the number that a percentage is taken of and is considered the whole or total. - Rate refers to the percentage taken and is the result of comparing a number (percentage) to the base (whole). - Percentage is the part being compared to the base and is expressed in the same unit as the base. It provides examples of calculating percentage, base, and rate using the formula P=BR where P is percentage, B is base, and R is rate. It also explains how to calculate the rate of increase or decrease between an original and new quantity.

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    This document defines key terms used to calculate percentages: - Base refers to the number that a percentage is taken of and is considered the whole or total. - Rate refers to the percentage taken and is the result of comparing a number (percentage) to the base (whole). - Percentage is the part being compared to the base and is expressed in the same unit as the base. It provides examples of calculating percentage, base, and rate using the formula P=BR where P is percentage, B is base, and R is rate. It also explains how to calculate the rate of increase or decrease between an original and new quantity.

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    Percentage, Base and Rate

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    Percentage, Base

    and Rate

    Business Mathematics Week 3


    Base (B)

    – refers to that number of which a certain number of


    hundredths is taken. Base and percentage are
    compared to obtain the rate.
    – As the basis of comparison, base is the number
    generally preceded by the word “of”, “as much as”, “as
    large as”, “as many as”, and “as great as”.
    – Also it is regarded as a whole.
    Rate (R)

    – Rate (R) - refers to the number of hundredths taken.


    – It is the result of comparing a number (percentage
    which is regarded as the portion or part) to another
    number (base which is regarded as the whole).
    – It can be expressed in percent, decimal, or fraction.
    Percentage (P)

    – is the part considered in its quantitative relation to the whole.


    In other words, it is the part of the whole and the number
    being compared to another number (base). The result obtained
    when the rate is applied to the base is the percentage.
    – It is expressed in the same unit as the base, that is, if the base is
    in pieces, the percentage is in pieces, if the base is in number of
    students, the percentage is in number of students.
    – It is never expressed in percent.
    Example:

    If we take 50 as the whole and we take 20 as the part,


    – the base is 50 (whole),
    – percentage is 20 (part), and
    – rate is 20/50 (part/base).

    The formula is
    P=BR
    If we take 50 as the whole and we take 20 as the part, the base
    is 50 (whole),percentage is 20 (part), and rate is 20/50
    (part/base).

    The formula is
    P=(B)(R)

    20=(50)(20/50)
    20=(50)(.40)
    20=20
    Example:
    50% of 24 is what?

    Find P
    P = BR
    P = 24 x .50
    P = 12
    Example:
    If I have P25.00 which represents ¼ of my entire money, how much money do I have
    in all? We are looking for the base (amount of money in all), ¼ is the rate, and the
    percentage is P25.00 (a part of the whole).

    Find B Find B
    P = BR B = 25
    R R ¼
    B=P B = 25 ÷ .25
    R B = 100
    Example:
    What part of 400 is 50?

    -Here, 400 is the base representing the whole while 50 is the percentage
    which the part of a whole.

    R = P/B
    R = 50/400
    R= 1/8 or .125 or 12.5%
    Finding the rate of Increase/Decrease

    To compute the rate of increase/decrease,


    1. first subtract the new quantity from the original
    quantity to get the difference between the original
    quantity and the new quantity.

    2. This will give us an increase (positive) or decrease


    (negative).
     
    Rate of increase/decrease =

    Where Q1 = the original quantity


    Where Q2 = the new quantity

    -The increase/decrease is the percentage and the original


    quantity is the base. In our computation we will always denote
    a decrease by enclosing our figure in parenthesis.
    Example:
    Zeny’s current salary is P3,600.00 a month. Her
    previous salary was P3,200.
    What is the rate of increase in her salary?  
    Solution:
    Given: Current Salary = P 3,600 = Q2
    Previous Salary = 3,200 = Q1
    Find: Rate of Increase R 
     
    R
     
    R

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