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What percent is 14 of 20?
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14% of 20

A percent is out of 100
14 is out of 100 = 14/100
As decimal would be 0.14
0.14x20 = 2.8
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Answer:

14 is 70% of 20

Explanation:

1. We assume, that the number 20 is 100% - because it's the output value of the task.

2. We assume, that x is the value we are looking for.

3. If 100% equals 20, so we can write it down as 100%=20.

4. We know, that x% equals 14 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=14.

5. Now we have two simple equations:

1) 100%=20

2) x%=14

where left sides of both of them have the same units, and both right sides have the same units, so we can do something like that:

100%/x%=20/14

6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for 14 is what percent of 20

100%/x%=20/14

(100/x)*x=(20/14)*x - we multiply both sides of the equation by x

100=1.42857142857*x - we divide both sides of the equation by (1.42857142857) to get x

100/1.42857142857=x

70=x

x=70

now we have:

14 is 70% of 20

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