A corporation that had $10 billion in profits for the year paid out $500 million in employee ...

A corporation that had $10 billion in profits for the year paid out $500 million in employee benefits. Approximately what percent of the profits were the employee benefits? (Note: 1 billion = 10^9)

Quiz

Answer/Solution

5%

Steps/Work

required answer = [employee benefit/profit] *100
=[(500 million)/(10 billion)]*100
=[(500*10^6)/(10*10^9)]*100
=(50/1000)*100
=5%
So answer is (C)

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A corporation that had $ billion in profits for the year paid out $ million in employee benefits. Approximately what percent of the profits were the employee benefits? ( note : billion = ^ )

Calculated Answer

5

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate (n1 * n3^3 + 3) / (n0 * n3^n4) * 100.

n0 =10
n1 =500
n2 =1
n3 =10
n4 =9