SOLUTION: A jumbo chocolate bar with a rectangular shape measures
15centimeters in length,
9centimeters in width, and
2centimeters in thickness. Due to escalating costs of coc
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Question 1137246: A jumbo chocolate bar with a rectangular shape measures
15centimeters in length,
9centimeters in width, and
2centimeters in thickness. Due to escalating costs of cocoa, the management has decided to reduce the volume of the bar by 20%. To accomplish this reduction, management decides that the new bar should have the same 2centimeter thickness, but the length and width of each should be reduced by an equal number of centimeters. What should be the dimensions of the new candy bar?
a)The new candy bar measures__centimeters in length,
__centimeters in width, and__centimeters in thickness.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = reduction in cm of length and width
( too large )
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Length = 13.8167
Width = 7.81665
thickness = 2
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check:
OK
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