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I weighed 131lbs and lost 20lbs. what percentage did i lose?
Have dyscalculia so my maths is rubbish. sorry about that xxxx
6 Answers
- RogueLv 77 years ago
Its asking what percentage of 131 lbs is 20 lbs. You do so by turning it into a fraction and multiplying it by 100 [as percentage literally mean "out of 100"]
=> 20/131 * 100
=> 2000/131
=> 1965/131 + 35/131
=> 15 and 35/131 %
=> ≈ 15.267% (3 dp)
- Anonymous7 years ago
If you weighed 131 lbs, and now weight 111 pounds. You lost approximately 15% of your original weight.
- 7 years ago
You lost 15.3%
131-20=111
111/131=84.7 % is the weight you have now
100-84.7=15.3 % LOST
- 7 years ago
You divide 20lbs / 131lbs = 0.1527
Since percent is always out of 100, you take 0.1526 * 100% = 15.27%
You lost 15.27% of your total weight.
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- Russell ELv 77 years ago
You divide 20 by 131 to get percentage.
It is just over 15.2 %
(0.15267175572519083969465648854962)
