SOLUTION: A farmer has a 100ft by 25ft rectangular field that he wants to reduce 16% of its original size. How wide of a stripe should he cut around the edge of his field to do this?
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Question 1166320: A farmer has a 100ft by 25ft rectangular field that he wants to reduce 16% of its original size. How wide of a stripe should he cut around the edge of his field to do this?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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"to reduce by 16%"
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"to reduce to 16%" ?
The reduce the size or the area ?
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