Question: can someone tell me what seventeen percent of  three hundred and fifty is? 

Answer: 350 x 17%\n=350 x 0.17\n=59.5\n\nRealize that a 'per cent' means per one hundred.  Therefore 17% is 17/100 = 0.17\nAfter that it is simple multiplication to find the result of 17% of 350.
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