What is 20 percent less than 88? What is the formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 88? How can we calculate 20 percent less than 88?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 88 (20% less than 88), and then we will calculate the answer to 20 percent less than 88 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 20 percent less than 88 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 20 percent less than 88, 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 88 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 20 percent less than 88, as solved here:
PL = 88 - ((20 ÷ 100) × 88)
PL = 88 - (0.2 × 88)
PL = 88 - 17.6
PL = 70.4
20% less than 88 = 70.4
So, how does our formula work to calculate 20 percent less than 88? First, it takes 20 percent of 88, and then we subtract that result from 88 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 20 percent less than 88.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 88, and the area shaded in red is 20 percent of 88. In other words, blue is 70.4, red is 17.6, and blue plus red is 88.
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