In 2015, 629,647 patents were applied for, and 325,979 of them were accepted. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percentage of the patents were accepted?
To find the percentage of the patents that were accepted, we need to divide the number of accepted patents by the number of total applications and then multiply by 100.
Accepted patents percentage = (Accepted patents / Total patents) * 100
Accepted patents percentage = (325,979 / 629,647) * 100
Accepted patents percentage ≈ 0.5177 * 100 ≈ 51.8%
Therefore, approximately 51.8% of the patents were accepted.
To find the percentage of patents that were accepted, we need to divide the number of accepted patents by the total number of patents, and then multiply by 100.
First, divide the number of accepted patents (325,979) by the total number of patents (629,647):
325,979 / 629,647 = 0.5185313172
Next, multiply the result by 100 to convert it to percentage:
0.5185313172 * 100 = 51.85313172
Rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, the percentage of patents accepted is approximately 51.9%.
To find the percentage of patents that were accepted, we can divide the number of accepted patents by the total number of applied patents and then multiply by 100.
Percentage of accepted patents = (Number of accepted patents / Total number of applied patents) * 100
Calculating the percentage:
Percentage of accepted patents = (325,979 / 629,647) * 100
Percentage of accepted patents ≈ 51.7% (rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent)
Therefore, to the nearest tenth of a percent, approximately 51.7% of the patents were accepted.