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Latest revision as of 02:18, December 17, 2009
A percent (literally, "per cent" means "per hundred") is an expression of a fraction in which the denominator is 100.
There is a special notation based on this concept: The denominator is omitted, and the numerator is followed by the percent sign "%". For example, one percent (or simply "1%") would be 1/100, and 1/4 (25/100) would be 25%.