moonair

The trick to this problem is understanding the difference between 1/10 percent (or point ten percent) and 1/10 (or ten percent). When you convert the percentages into decimal form you get 1/10 percent = .10% = .001 and 1/10 = 10% = .1. After this step the rest is pretty simple. 5,000(.10) - 5,000(.001) = 495