The answer is 200. Here is how to work it out.
85% is 0.85
20% is 0.2
85% of 20% means 0.85 * 0.2 = 0.17 (I use * to mean multiply)
So we need to find x in the following equation:
0.17 x = 34
==> x = 34 ÷ 0.17 = 200
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85% of 34 = 85% * 34 = 0.85 * 34 = 28.9
Subtracting 20 percent from 85 gives 85 x (1 - (20/100)) = 85 x 0.8 = 68
119 85= 100% 8.5 = 10% 8.5 x 4 = 34 = 40% Answer: 85 + 34 = 119
Expressed as a vulgar fraction, 17/20, or seventeen twentieths, is equal to 85 percent.
85% = 85/100 = 17/20