SOLUTION: If the length and width of rectangle A are 10 percent less and 30 percent less, respectively, than the length and width of rectangle B, the area of A is equal to what percent of th

Question 349073: If the length and width of rectangle A are 10 percent less and 30 percent less, respectively, than the length and width of rectangle B, the area of A is equal to what percent of the area of B?
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If the length and width of rectangle A are 10 percent less and 30 percent less,
respectively, than the length and width of rectangle B, the area of A is equal
to what percent of the area of B?
:
Let L = length of rectangle B
Let W = width of B
then
.9L = Length of rectangle A
.7W = width of A
:
=
Cancel LW
* 100 = 63%

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