document.write( "Question 954812: Patrick reduced the size of a photograph by 30%. By what percent was the area reduced?
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The length was reduced by 30%.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%5B1%5D=L%2AW\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%5B2%5D=0.7L%2A0.7W=0.49LW\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%5B2%5D%2FA%5B1%5D=%280.49LW%29%2F%28LW%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So $\"A%5B2%5D\"$ is 49% of $\"A%5B1%5D\"$ , so it was reduced 51%. \n" ); document.write( "

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