In 2015 629,647 were applied for and 325,979 of them were accepted to the nearest tenth of a percent The what percentage of the patents were accepted

Answer 1

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

\[ \text{Percentage Accepted} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of Accepted Patents}}{\text{Total Number of Patents Applied}} \right) \times 100 \]

Given:

• Number of Accepted Patents = 325,979
• Total Number of Patents Applied = 629,647

Plugging in these values:

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

Calculating this:

\[ \text{Percentage Accepted} \approx 0.517 \times 100 \approx 51.7% \]

To the nearest tenth of a percent, approximately 51.7% of the patents were accepted.