What is 10 percent less than 80? What is the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 80? How can we calculate 10 percent less than 80?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 80 (10% less than 80), and then we will calculate the answer to 10 percent less than 80 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 10 percent less than 80 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 10 percent less than 80, 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 80 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 10 percent less than 80, as solved here:
PL = 80 - ((10 ÷ 100) × 80)
PL = 80 - (0.1 × 80)
PL = 80 - 8
PL = 72
10% less than 80 = 72
So, how does our formula work to calculate 10 percent less than 80? First, it takes 10 percent of 80, and then we subtract that result from 80 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 10 percent less than 80.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 80, and the area shaded in red is 10 percent of 80. In other words, blue is 72, red is 8, and blue plus red is 80.
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