What is 6 percent less than 420? What is the formula used to calculate 6 percent less than 420? How can we calculate 6 percent less than 420?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 6 percent less than 420 (6% less than 420), and then we will calculate the answer to 6 percent less than 420 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 6 percent less than 420 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 6 percent less than 420, 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 6 for P and 420 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 6 percent less than 420, as solved here:
PL = 420 - ((6 ÷ 100) × 420)
PL = 420 - (0.06 × 420)
PL = 420 - 25.2
PL = 394.8
6% less than 420 = 394.8
So, how does our formula work to calculate 6 percent less than 420? First, it takes 6 percent of 420, and then we subtract that result from 420 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 6 percent less than 420.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 420, and the area shaded in red is 6 percent of 420. In other words, blue is 394.8, red is 25.2, and blue plus red is 420.
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