20 percents of 200000 is 40000?
Step 1: Translate the words into an equation.
20 percents | of | what | is | 40000 |
20% | $ \cdot $ | x | = | 40000 |
Step 2: Express $ 20% $ as a decimal number.
$$ 80\% = 80 \div 100 = 0.2$$Step 3: Solve for $ x $.
$$ \begin{aligned} 0.2 \cdot x &= 40000 \\[1.2 em] x &= \dfrac{ 40000 }{ 0.2 } \\[1.2 em] x &= 200000 \end{aligned} $$