SOLUTION: a rectangle has a length of 4 inches and a width of 2 inches. if length and width are reduced by 50%, by what % will the rectangle be reduced?
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Question 1041474: a rectangle has a length of 4 inches and a width of 2 inches. if length and width are reduced by 50%, by what % will the rectangle be reduced?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
apply the 50% reduction to get...
length of 4 will turn into 2
width of 2 will turn into 1
so we have a 2 by 1 rectangle with area 2
the old area was 4*2 = 8
So the reduction is 75% since (8-2)/8 = 6/8 = 75%
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