What do you get when you take one fifth of 8.8?

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Answer

= 1.76

Input:8.8

Resolution

= What do you get when you take one fifth of 8.8?
= 8.8 x 0.2
= 1.76

Explanation

To find one-fifth of 8.8, you divide 8.8 by 5. One-fifth means one part out of five equal parts, so it is the same as multiplying by 1/5 (which equals 0.2). In other words, taking one-fifth answers the question: “What is 20% of this number?”This operation is common when you want to split an amount into five equal shares, scale a value down to one-fifth of its size, or compute a 20% portion. Below are the elements of the calculation for one-fifth of 8.8:
  • operation: 8.8 x 0.2;
  • multiplicand: 8.8;
  • multiplier: 0.2;
  • operator: x;
  • product: 1.76.