Q. What is the result when the number 37 is decreased by 7% ?Answer:
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to calculate the value of the number 37 after a decrease of 7%. This means we need to find 7% of 37 and then subtract that value from 37.
Calculate 7% of 37: Calculate 7% of 37.To find 7% of 37, we convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100 and then multiply by the number.7% as a decimal is 1007=0.07.Now, multiply 0.07 by 37 to find 7% of 37.371.
Decrease by calculated value: Decrease 37 by the value found in Step 2.Now, subtract the value found from 37 to find the decreased value.37−2.59=34.41.
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