SOLUTION: a person slices a cake into s equal slices and eats one slice. in terms of s, what percent of the cake is left?

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Question 735277: a person slices a cake into s equal slices and eats one slice. in terms of s, what percent of the cake is left?
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a person slices a cake into s equal slices and eats one slice. in terms of s, what percent of the cake is left?
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Each slice = 1/s
The cake left = 1 - 1/s = (s-1)/s
% = 100*(s-1)/s