Percentage Calculator: What is 84 percent of 0.5? = 0.42

84 percent * 0.5 =

(84:100)* 0.5 =

(84* 0.5):100 =

42:100 = 0.42

Now we have: 84 percent of 0.5 = 0.42

Question: What is 84 percent of 0.5?

Percentage solution with steps:

Step 1: Our output value is 0.5.

Step 2: We represent the unknown value with {x}.

Step 3: From step 1 above,{ 0.5}={100\%}.

Step 4: Similarly, {x}={84\%}.

Step 5: This results in a pair of simple equations:

{ 0.5}={100\%}(1).

{x}={84\%}(2).

Step 6: By dividing equation 1 by equation 2 and noting that both the RHS (right hand side) of both
equations have the same unit (%); we have

\frac{ 0.5}{x}=\frac{100\%}{84\%}

Step 7: Again, the reciprocal of both sides gives

\frac{x}{ 0.5}=\frac{84}{100}

\Rightarrow{x} = {0.42}

Therefore, {84\%} of { 0.5} is {0.42}

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Difference

0.5 percent *84 =

( 0.5:100)*84 =

( 0.5*84):100 =

42:100 = 0.42

Now we have: 0.5 percent of 84 = 0.42

Question: What is 0.5 percent of 84?

Percentage solution with steps:

Step 1: Our output value is 84.

Step 2: We represent the unknown value with {x}.

Step 3: From step 1 above,{84}={100\%}.

Step 4: Similarly, {x}={ 0.5\%}.

Step 5: This results in a pair of simple equations:

{84}={100\%}(1).

{x}={ 0.5\%}(2).

Step 6: By dividing equation 1 by equation 2 and noting that both the RHS (right hand side) of both
equations have the same unit (%); we have

\frac{84}{x}=\frac{100\%}{ 0.5\%}

Step 7: Again, the reciprocal of both sides gives

\frac{x}{84}=\frac{ 0.5}{100}

\Rightarrow{x} = {0.42}

Therefore, { 0.5\%} of {84} is {0.42}

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