For a school project, Lillian is investigating cell phone use in her hometown, Wildgrove. It turns out that residents of Wildgrove used their cell phones for 455,420 minutes last year. It also turns out that they used them 40% less this year. For how many minutes did the residents of Wildgrove use their cell phones this year?____ minutes
Q. For a school project, Lillian is investigating cell phone use in her hometown, Wildgrove. It turns out that residents of Wildgrove used their cell phones for 455,420 minutes last year. It also turns out that they used them 40% less this year. For how many minutes did the residents of Wildgrove use their cell phones this year?____ minutes
Calculate Reduction in Minutes: Calculate the reduction in minutes due to the 40% decrease.Calculation: 455,420 minutes ×40%=182,168 minutes reduced.
Subtract Reduced Minutes: Subtract the reduced minutes from last year's total to find this year's usage.Calculation: 455,420 minutes - 182,168 minutes = 273,252 minutes.
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