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What is $10 percent sign$ of $470$ ?

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Explanation

Choice B is correct. $10 percent sign$ of a quantity means $StartFraction 10 Over 100 EndFraction$ times the quantity. Therefore, $10 percent sign$ of $470$ can be represented as $StartFraction 10 Over 100 EndFraction left parenthesis 470 right parenthesis$ , which is equivalent to $0.10 left parenthesis 470 right parenthesis$ , or $47$ . Therefore, $10 percent sign$ of $470$ is $47$ .

Choice A is incorrect. This is $10 percent sign$ of $370$ , not $10 percent sign$ of $470$ .

Choice C is incorrect. This is $90 percent sign$ of $470$ , not $10 percent sign$ of $470$ .

Choice D is incorrect. This is $470 minus 10$ , not $10 percent sign$ of $470$ .