What is 15 percent less than 820? What is the formula used to calculate 15 percent less than 820? How can we calculate 15 percent less than 820?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 15 percent less than 820 (15% less than 820), and then we will calculate the answer to 15 percent less than 820 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 15 percent less than 820 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 15 percent less than 820, 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 15 for P and 820 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 15 percent less than 820, as solved here:
PL = 820 - ((15 ÷ 100) × 820)
PL = 820 - (0.15 × 820)
PL = 820 - 123
PL = 697
15% less than 820 = 697
So, how does our formula work to calculate 15 percent less than 820? First, it takes 15 percent of 820, and then we subtract that result from 820 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 15 percent less than 820.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 820, and the area shaded in red is 15 percent of 820. In other words, blue is 697, red is 123, and blue plus red is 820.
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