Question

20 7/ 8 % of $782.71

Answer 1

keeping in mind that 7/8 is 0.875, so then 20 and 7/8 is really just 20.875, so then

`\begin{array}c \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{20.875\% of 782.71}}{\left( \cfrac{20.875}{100} \right)782.71}~ \approx ~ \text{\LARGE 163.39}`