Percent means per 100 or parts per 100. It can be used to describe a portion of a whole or part of a whole. It comes from per cent which is short for per centum which means per hundred. The percent sign is: % 1 percent (1%) = 1 part per 100 = 1/100 = 0.01 (a portion less than a whole)
Note that this final price is 110% of the initial price (100% + 10% = 110%). Some other examples of percent changes : An increase of 100% in a quantity means that the final amount is 200% of the initial amount (100% of initial + 100% of increase = 200% of initial).
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