SOLUTION: By what percent will a fraction decrease if its numerator is decreased by 50% and its denominator is decreased by 25%?
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Question 949018: By what percent will a fraction decrease if its numerator is decreased by 50% and its denominator is decreased by 25%?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting fraction, .
The changed fraction, . You may need to think about the expression carefully for it to make sense...
Simplify the changed fraction.
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Returning back to percents, the common fraction is {something not renderable}, or %, repeating digits of 6 as 66.66666666..... %.
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