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seol
Jun 24, 2017

Case A Did you mean 48% of 60?
The answer for that is: #28.8#

Case B Did you mean 60% of 48?
The answer for that is: #28.8#

Explanation:

#x%# of #y# equals decimal form of #x# multiplied by #y#.

Case A
Here, #x=48# and #y=60#.
#48%=0.48# so your equation is
#0.48\cdot60=28.8#

Case B
Here, #x=60# and #y=48#.
#60%=0.60# so your equation is
#0.60\cdot48=28.8#

Oh, that's an interesting coincidence...

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