What is 20 percent less than 270? What is the formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 270? How can we calculate 20 percent less than 270?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 270 (20% less than 270), and then we will calculate the answer to 20 percent less than 270 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 20 percent less than 270 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 270, 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 20 for P and 270 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 20 percent less than 270, as solved here:
PL = 270 - ((20 ÷ 100) × 270)
PL = 270 - (0.2 × 270)
PL = 270 - 54
PL = 216
20% less than 270 = 216
So, how does our formula work to calculate 20 percent less than 270? First, it takes 20 percent of 270, and then we subtract that result from 270 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 20 percent less than 270.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 270, and the area shaded in red is 20 percent of 270. In other words, blue is 216, red is 54, and blue plus red is 270.
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