In 2015 629,647 patents we're applied for and 325,979 of them were accepted to the nearest 10th of a percent what percentage of the patents were accepted

Answer 1

To find the percentage of patents that were accepted, you can use the following formula:

\[ \text{Percentage accepted} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of accepted patents}}{\text{Total number of patents applied for}} \right) \times 100 \]

Substituting the values:

\[ \text{Percentage accepted} = \left( \frac{325,979}{629,647} \right) \times 100 \]

Calculating the division first:

\[ \frac{325,979}{629,647} \approx 0.517 \]

Now, multiply by 100 to convert to a percentage:

\[ 0.517 \times 100 \approx 51.7 \]

So, rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent, approximately 51.7% of the patents were accepted.