Question

8.41 Compute 40% of 20% of 10% of 80,000.

Answer 1

Answer: 640

Explanation:

In this case, we can substitute the word "of" with multiplication.

we have:

40% ×20%×10%×80000

solving this out, you get the answer!

(and yes, I recognize this problem from the aops textbook, if you want a different solution, check 8.21 in the solutions manual)

Answer 2

The 40% of 20% of 10% of 80000 is 640.

Explanation:

• We are given with a number 80000
• We are asked to find the 40% of 20% of 10% of the number
• We can do this in one single step

Step 1: Computing the value

Step 1 of 1

We are asked to find the value 40% of 20% of 10% 80,000 40% of 20% of 10% of 80000

`&=(40)/(100) * (20)/(100) * (10)/(100) * 80000 \\&=(40)/(100) * 1600 \\&=640\end{aligned}$$`