Question

I need help understanding this.

Answer 1

1,700 would be autographed. If you take the 2000 × .85 you get 1,700.
The reason you multiply 2000 by .85 is because .85 is the decimal for 85%. The way you get this decimal is because you move the decimal over 2 from the percentage.
Example- the decimal for 10% would be .1 because I move the decimal over 2 from behind the 0.

If you have a percent like 3% the decimal would be .03 because I moved the decimal over 2 from behind the 3 and since there wasn't a number infront of the 3 you would have to add a 0.

So the answer would be 1,700.

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