Question

What's is 17% of 800. ?

Answer 1

We set up a proportion: 17/100= ?/800

Cross multiply:
100*?= 17*800
⇒ ?= 17*800/100= 136

17% of 800 is 136~

Answer 2

you need to change 17% to decimal by moving the decimal to the right by 2x so you will get .17*800=136