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A non-profit organization reported total contributions of 7, 879, 450 dollars in one fiscal year. Of these contributions, 102, 345 dollars came from corporate donors. Approximately what percent of the total contributions came from corporate donors?

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$We first create a variable for the total contributions.$	$T = 7, 879, 450$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We then create a variable for the corporate contributions.$	$C = 102, 345$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We translate the question "what percent of the total contributions came from corporate donors" into a mathematical expression for the percent share.$	$P = \frac{C}{T} \times 100$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS2-A Click to view full details
$We use an easy approximation by rounding to perform mental math.$	$\frac{100 , 000}{8 , 000 , 000} = \frac{1}{80} \frac{1}{80} = 0.0125 0.0125 \times 100 = 1.25% \approx 1.3%$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-B Click to view full details

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A non-profit organization reported total contributions of 7, 879, 450 dollars in one fiscal year. Of these contributions, 102, 345 dollars came from corporate donors. Approximately what percent of the total contributions came from corporate donors?

Explanation	Calculations	Help
$We first create a variable for the total contributions.$	$T = 7, 879, 450$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We then create a variable for the corporate contributions.$	$C = 102, 345$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We translate the question "what percent of the total contributions came from corporate donors" into a mathematical expression for the percent share.$	$P = \frac{C}{T} \times 100$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS2-A Click to view full details
$We use an easy approximation by rounding to perform mental math.$	$\frac{100 , 000}{8 , 000 , 000} = \frac{1}{80} \frac{1}{80} = 0.0125 0.0125 \times 100 = 1.25% \approx 1.3%$	Theory & Tactics Method Card CALC1-B Click to view full details

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