document.write( "Question 567568: photocopiers can reduce or enlarged an item being copied. the scale factor of the copy to the original is expressed as a percent. if you want the original to be one fourth the side of the copy, at what percent do you set the copier? \n" ); document.write( "

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Note that \" percent \" means \" per one hundred \",
\n" ); document.write( "so \"x\" percent is $\"+x%2F100+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x%2F100+=+1%2F4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by $\"+400+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4x+=+100+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+25+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "se the copier to 25% \n" ); document.write( "

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