What is 10 percent less than 117? What is the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 117? How can we calculate 10 percent less than 117?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 117 (10% less than 117), and then we will calculate the answer to 10 percent less than 117 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 10 percent less than 117 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 117, 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 10 for P and 117 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 10 percent less than 117, as solved here:
PL = 117 - ((10 ÷ 100) × 117)
PL = 117 - (0.1 × 117)
PL = 117 - 11.7
PL = 105.3
10% less than 117 = 105.3
So, how does our formula work to calculate 10 percent less than 117? First, it takes 10 percent of 117, and then we subtract that result from 117 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 10 percent less than 117.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 117, and the area shaded in red is 10 percent of 117. In other words, blue is 105.3, red is 11.7, and blue plus red is 117.
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