Q. What is the result when the number 48 is decreased by 25% ?Answer:
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to calculate the value of 48 after it has been decreased by 25%. This means we need to find 25% of 48 and then subtract that value from 48.
Calculate 25% of 48: Calculate 25% of 48.To find 25% of a number, you can divide the number by 4 because 25% is the same as 41th of the number.25% of 48=48÷4=12
Subtract the 25% value: Subtract the 25% value from the original number.Now that we know 25% of 48 is 12, we subtract this from the original number to find the decreased value.48−12=36
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