there are two ways to do this
20% of 2400 is
r=201002400=24005=480
we are taking this off of 2400 so
remaining=2400−r=2400−480=1920
or we could do it by noting that if we remove 20% we are leaving (100-20)=80%
remaining=2400100−20100=240080100=24×80=1920
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