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There are two ways to do this.

One is to find 80% of $200, because 80% would be 20% off.

Let's do that first.

80% x $200

80/100 x $200 (80/100 means 80%)

4/5 x $200 (Reduce fraction)

$800/5 (Multiply)

ANSWER: $160 (Divide)

Another way to do this is to find 20% of $200 and subtract the number you find from $200.

Let's try that now.

20% x $200

20/100 x $200 (20/100 means 20%)

1/5 x $200 (Reduce fraction)

$200/5 (Multiply)

$40 (Divide)

$200 - $40 (Subtract, to "take off 20%," now that we've found 20%)

ANSWER: $160 (Subtraction)

As you can see, the first step took less time and effort.

200/100=2 (this gives you 1% of your starting figure)

2x20=40 (this gives you the 20% you wish to take away)

200-40=160 (take away to provide the answer)

This can work on any number so if you wanted to do this: 35% of 800

800/100=8

8x35=280

800-280=520 which is 800-35%

hope this helps

turn the percentage into decimal form

so: .20 x 200 = 20% of $200,

= 0.2($200)

= $40

Answer: $40 is 20% of $200

u turn the percent into a decimal multiply ur answer to the 200

the answer 40