If I add 15% to the figure I have now, this of course will be wrong because it is adding it to a lower figure than I started with. Can anyone help please?
2007-06-28 01:38:40 · 20 answers · asked by Squirleyanne 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
The figure you have now is 85% of the original figure. So, you need to divide the figure you have now by .85 to get the original figure back.
2007-06-28 01:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by angela 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taking 15% off was the same as multiplying the orignal figure by .85. To reverse the transaction just divide by .85
2007-06-28 10:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by Slumlord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the figure you have now is 85%, divide the figure by 85 then multiply the answer by 15 then add that number onto the 85%
100-15%=85
85/85=1
1*15=15
15+85=100
2007-06-28 08:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by ginger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if you remember what the original figure was ie 180.00 and then you figured out that 15% Of that was 27. You could add that 27 back to the 153.
2007-06-28 08:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by mjvincent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you took off 15%, you have 85% of the original so divide the answer you have by 85 and multiply by 100.
2007-06-28 08:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by DMsView 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have a figure, like 100 and you take off 10% it would be 90. To then get it back to the original figure you would have to add the 10% back on to make it 100.
2007-06-28 08:42:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Divide by .85
Basically your are saying that 85% of the original number is what you have now, so the equation is (if the original number is x)
.85 * x = the number you have after taking off 15%
so x = the number you have / .85
2007-06-28 09:48:31 · answer #7 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have 80 and you want to know what 15% of that is, you MULTIPLY 80 by .15 = that gives you 12. So to figure out the original number you take 12 DIVIDED by .15 = that equals 80.
Hope this helps!
2007-06-28 08:44:50 · answer #8 · answered by Crystal Arellano 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Say your beginning figure is 20.
20
*.85
-----
17
so, your answer is to add the difference
17
+3
----
20
so, this is your formula
P 15%
--- = -----
W 100
so, you plug your figures
P 15%
--- = ----
20 100
then you multiply
20*15% and then divide by 100
your P = 3
so 3 is 15% of 20
2007-06-28 09:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Neenah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just divide the new figure by 0.85
Suppose the original figure was 20
15% of 20 is 3
Your new figure is now 17
So to get the original figure
17 divided by 0.85 = 20
simple
2007-06-28 08:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋