Question

What number is $20\%$ of $50$?

Answer 1

Find the number which is equivalent to $20\%$ of $50$

Percentage: A percentage is a number that represents a fraction of $100$.

Formula: $x$ percent of $y=\frac{x}{100}\times y$

$20$ percent of $50$ is,

$20\%of50=\left(\frac{20}{100}\right)\times 50$

$\Rightarrow$ $20\%of50=0.2\times 50$

$\Rightarrow$ $20\%of50=10$

Hence, $20\%$ of $50$ is $10$.