10 percent less than 42

What is 10 percent less than 42? What is the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 42? How can we calculate 10 percent less than 42?

Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 42 (10% less than 42), and then we will calculate the answer to 10 percent less than 42 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 10 percent less than 42 looks like.

The formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 42, 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 42 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 10 percent less than 42, as solved here:

PL = 42 - ((10 ÷ 100) × 42)
PL = 42 - (0.1 × 42)
PL = 42 - 4.2
PL = 37.8
10% less than 42 = 37.8

So, how does our formula work to calculate 10 percent less than 42? First, it takes 10 percent of 42, and then we subtract that result from 42 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 10 percent less than 42.

In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 42, and the area shaded in red is 10 percent of 42. In other words, blue is 37.8, red is 4.2, and blue plus red is 42.

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