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Fill in the blanks.To find $20 \%$ of a number, find $10 \%$ of the number by moving the decimal point one place to the left, and then double (multiply by _____ ) the result.
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We can do this by moving the decimal point one place to the left. For example, if our number is $50$, moving the decimal point one place to the left gives us $5.0$ or simply $5$. Show more…
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