20% of what amount is 8?

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Jaxson Swanson

Mathematics

7 March, 05:28

20% of what amount is 8?

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Milo Huffman · Answer 1

The answer is 40.

40x. 2=8

Rebecca Moyer · Answer 2

Divide 20 % by 100 to get its decimal form.

Dividing 20 % by 100 equals 0.2.

Set up an equation as 0.2x = 8,

which means 20 %of x equals 8.

Solve the equation by dividing each side by 0.2.

Dividing 0.2 from each side results in x = 40. Eight is 20 % of 40.