algabre y78y
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What is 20 percent off of 30 dollars?
If you take 20% of something away, what percentage do you have left?
80 percent - but that doesn't seem like what he was asking.
I take it like a question like "Shoes this week are 50% off. What are the price of the shoes this week?".
So , is it turning 20% as a fraction which 1/5 , then 30 divide by 5 and multiply by 1 which is 6 , Did I get you rightly sir.
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So , is it turning 20% as a fraction which 1/5 , then 30 divide by 5 and multiply by 1 which is 6 , Did I get you rightly sir.
You want to know what the item costs. Normally (with no sale) you pay 100% of the price. But now it is on sale for 20% off. So you must pay 100%-20% = 80% of the $30
% means to divide by 100 and of means * (multiply)
So 80% of $30 = 80/100 * $30 = $8*3= $24