Question

35% of 85 do not round your answer

Answer 1

Answer:  

35% of 85 is 29.75.

Solution:

In percentages, a % of b can be written as $\frac{a}{100} \times b$

That is, a% of b can be found out by dividing “a” by 100 and multiply with the value of “b”.

From question given that 35% of 85.  

Hence 35% of 85 can be written as,

$=\frac{35}{100} \times 85$

On simplifying above term

$=\frac{7}{20} \times 85$

$=\frac{7}{4} \times 17$

$=\frac{119}{4}$

= 29.75

Hence the answer for 35% of 85 is 29.75.

Answer 2

35% is simply a way to write the fraction 35/100. So, 35% of 85 is simply

$\dfrac{35}{100}\cdot 85=\dfrac{2975}{100}=29.75$