To find 88% of 16.45 and round it to the nearest hundredth, follow these steps:
1. Convert the percentage to a decimal: 88% as a decimal is 0.88.
2. Multiply the decimal by the given number to find the percentage of the number:
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0.88 \times 16.45 = 14.476
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3. Round the result to the nearest hundredth:
- The number before rounding is 14.476.
- To round to the nearest hundredth, look at the thousandths place (the third digit after the decimal). In this case, the thousandths place is 6.
- Since 6 is greater than or equal to 5, we round up the hundredths place by 1.
Therefore, 14.476 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 14.48.
The correct answer is:
(D) 14.48
