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Key Terms Chapter 6: Percents and Their Applications
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- 1BaseNumber that represents the whole 100%. It is the whole to which something is being compared. Usually follows word of.
- 2Percent decreaseCalculated by decrease in price over original amount.
- 3Percent increaseCalculated by increase in price over original amount.
- 4PercentsStands for hundredths.
- 5PortionAmount or part that results from multiplying the base times the rate. Not expressed as a percent; it is expressed as a number.
- 6RatePercent that is multiplied times the base that indicates what part of the base we are trying to compare to. Rate is not a whole number.