With an calculator:
20 x 0.85 = 17
Without a calculator:
10% = 20/10 = 2
5% = 1
So 85% = (2 x 8) + 1 = 17
To find 20 percent of a number, multiply that number by 0.2. In this instance, 0.2 x 85 = 17. Therefore, 20 percent of 85 is equal to 17.
85% = 0.85
20% = 0.20
0.85 x 0.2 = 0.17 or 17%
8.5% of 20
= 8.5% * 20
= 0.085 * 20
= 1.7
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20 off percent 85 = 6820% off of 85= 20% discount applied to 85= 85 - (20% * 85)= 85 - (0.20 * 85)= 85 - 17= 68
Subtracting 20 percent from 85 gives 85 x (1 - (20/100)) = 85 x 0.8 = 68
85/100 or 17/20
85% = 85/100 or 17/20
85/100 or 17/20 is equivalent to 85 percent.
17/85 x 100 = 20 percent.
85/100 or 17/20= 85% /100%= 85/100 or 17/20
85% = 85/100 or 17/20
Expressed as a vulgar fraction, 17/20, or seventeen twentieths, is equal to 85 percent.
85% of 20 million = 20 million*85/100 million = 17 million
85% = 85/100 = 17/20
85% = 17/20