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What is 17 percent of 285?
Answer: 17% of 285 is 48.45.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 17 percent of 285? Here is a very simple step-by-step guide to find out.
Step 1: A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.
\(17\%\) = \(17 \over 100 \) = \(0.17\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 285\)
• \(P\% = 17\%\) = \(17 \over 100 \) = \(0.17\)
\(Answer: 285 \cdot 17\%\) = \(285 \cdot 0.17\) = \(48.45\)
• \(X = 285\)
• \(P\% = 17\%\) = \(17 \over 100 \) = \(0.17\)
\(Answer: 285 \cdot 17\%\) = \(285 \cdot 0.17\) = \(48.45\)
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