How do I calculate this percentage?

Calculate the percentage of womens pay to mens pay.



Women - 20,500

Men - 23,300How do I calculate this percentage?
(20500/23300)*100 = 87.98. women are paid about 88% of the men's salary.How do I calculate this percentage?
This is a subject of much discussion. "You know, women earn like 85 cents on the dollar, compared to men."



First, take off the zeros and reduce it to a smaller proportion 2.05/233. Now you have 2.05/2.33. 2.33 can be reduced to 7/3 and 2.05 divided by 7/3 is 205*3/7 = 6.15/7. Mental arithmetic has it at about 88%.



Or type 20500/23300 into Google.com and get a long string of numbers that round off to 88%.How do I calculate this percentage?
The percentage of women's pay to men's pay = 20500*100/23300 = 87.98%
20500/23300 100.



87.99%