Question

What percent of $x$ is equal to $40\%$ of $50\%$ of $x$?

Answer 1

Answer:

20%

Step-by-step explanation:

step 1

Find 50% of x

we know that

50%=50/100=0.50

so

Multiply the number x by 0.50 to determine 50% of x

(x)(0.50)=0.50x

step 2

Find 40% of 50% of x

we know that

50% of x is equal to 0.50x (see the step 1)

40%=40/100=0.40

so

Multiply the number 0.50x by 0.40 to determine 40% of 0.50x

(0.50x)(0.40)=0.20x

therefore

The percent of x is equal to 0.20*100=20%