SOLUTION: When a number is decreased by 30% of itself, the result is 126. What is the number?

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Question 938738: When a number is decreased by 30% of itself, the result is 126. What is the number?
Answer by Stitch(470)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A percent is a number multiplied by 100.
So 30% can also be written as
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Lets write our equation.

Simplify

Combine like terms

Divide both sides by 0.7

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