What is 10 percent of 985?
Answer: 98.5
Below you can find the procedure and formula used to arrive at the above answer.
Steps:
Lets assume 10 percent of 985 is X.
Therefore, we can also say, X = 10% of 985
10% can also be written as 10/100, because percent denotes a number per 100.
So, X = 10/100 × 985
Or, X = 0.1 × 985
So, X = 98.5
So, 10% of 985 is 98.5
(You may also first multiply 10 with 985, and then divide by 100 to find the answer, if that's easier for you.)
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Now that we have calculated the answer, lets verify it using the percentage formula.
Answer verification
Percentage = Value/Total Value × 100
LHS (Percentage) = 10
RHS = 98.5/985 × 100
Or, RHS = 0.1 × 100
So, RHS = 10
We can see that LHS = RHS, hence it's proved.