If #X# is 20% of #Y# and #Y# is 30% of #Z#, what percent of #Z# is #X#?

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Ratnaker Mehta
May 21, 2018

# 6%#.

Explanation:

Given that, #X=20%" of "Y#.

#:. X=20/100*Y..........(star^1)#.

Similarly, #Y=30/100*Z........(star^2)#.

Utilising #Y# [from #(star^2)#] in #(star^1)#, we get,

#X=20/100*30/100*Z=6/100Z#.

Clearly, #X# is #6%# of #Z#.

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