Jay's term paper is 18 pages long. If Madison's paper is 175% of the length of Jay's paper, find the length of Madison's paper.
what is 18*1.75?
To find the length of Madison's paper, we need to calculate 175% of the length of Jay's paper.
Step 1: Calculate 175% of 18 pages
To calculate the percentage, we multiply the number by the percentage and divide by 100.
175% of 18 = (175/100) * 18
= 1.75 * 18
= 31.5
Therefore, Madison's paper is 31.5 pages long.