What is 1 percent less than 602? What is the formula used to calculate 1 percent less than 602? How can we calculate 1 percent less than 602?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 1 percent less than 602 (1% less than 602), and then we will calculate the answer to 1 percent less than 602 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 1 percent less than 602 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 1 percent less than 602, as well as other percent less than problems, can be seen below:
PL = OV - ((P ÷ 100) × OV)
PL (Percent Less) is the answer we want, P (%) is the percent, and OV (Original Value) is the starting value. Therefore, when we substitute 1 for P and 602 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 1 percent less than 602, as solved here:
PL = 602 - ((1 ÷ 100) × 602)
PL = 602 - (0.01 × 602)
PL = 602 - 6.02
PL = 595.98
1% less than 602 = 595.98
So, how does our formula work to calculate 1 percent less than 602? First, it takes 1 percent of 602, and then we subtract that result from 602 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 1 percent less than 602.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 602, and the area shaded in red is 1 percent of 602. In other words, blue is 595.98, red is 6.02, and blue plus red is 602.
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