Thread: calculating percentages

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    Angry calculating percentages

    can anyone help me, how can you calculate the percentage of a number using c for example 289.78 + 17.5%. it may seem simple to someone out there but its been driving me mad.

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    so you want to add 17.5% of 298.78 to 298.78?

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    its that simple

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    You should be able to fugure that out yourself. Think about it:
    17.5% of 289.78 is 0.175 * 289.78. The total of them is:
    289.78+ (0.175*289.78)=?

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    Or even easier to add 17.5%:
    289.78 * 1.175 = ....
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