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Are .8 and 80 percent equal?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Yes. When you determine 80% of something, you multiply it by .8. For example, if you start out with 20 apple pies and you sell 80% of them at a bake sale, how many did you sell?

  • 20 x 0.8 = 16 apple pies were sold

Think of 80% as the fraction 80/100.

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