What is 20 out of 100000 as a percentage?
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20 is what percent of 100000?
In the following example consider that:
- The percentage figure is represented by X%
- The whole amount is represented by W
- The portion amount or part is represented by P
The following question is of the type "P is what percent of W,” where W is the whole amount and P is the portion amount". That is, this problem is of the type "calculating the percentage from a whole knowing the part".
Solution Steps
Here is the solution work:
Step 1: first determine the value of the whole amount. We assume that it is 100000.
(notice that this corresponds to 100%).Step 2: Remember that we are looking for the percentage 'percentage'.
To solve this question, use the following formula:
X% = 100 × PW
This formula says that:
"To find the percentage from the whole, knowing the part, divide the part by the whole then multiply the result by 100".
Step 3: replacing the values into the formula, we get:
X% = 100 × 20100000
X% = 2000100000
X% = 0.02 (answer)
So, the answer is 20 is 0.02 percent of 100000
What is 20 out of 100000 as a decimal?
To solve this question, use the following formula:
X = PW
"To find 'P' out of 'W', just divide the part by the whole.". So,
X = 20100000
X = 20100000 = 0.0002
Thus, the answer is 20 is 0.0002 out of 100000 as a decimal.