Perhaps this will help you think about it this way.
6
- = .6 (or equivalent to your 60%)
10
In your example, you would like to know how to calculate the numerator (6), so assign a variable to it. Let X.
X
- = .6
10
.. and solve for X by multiplying both sides by 10 (in your case).
X * 10 = .6 * 10
------
10
X = .6 * 10
From this, I hope you can see that you can take a percentage value and multiply it by a "decimal" value.
Note that to get .6 you will need to convert your percentage (60) by dividing it by 100.
So our final formula is:
60
--- * 10
one hundred
or using variables:
percentage
---------- * value1
one hundred
I hope I added to your understanding, even if my formula is similar to the previous answers. I wanted to make sure that you understood how the formula was obtained.
Good luck
Mcthethey
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