Q. What is the result when the number 58 is decreased by 7.5% ? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.Answer:
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to calculate the value of 58 after it has been decreased by 7.5%. This means we need to find 7.5% of 58 and then subtract that value from 58.
Calculate 7.5% of 58: Calculate 7.5% of 58.To find 7.5% of 58, we convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100 and then multiply by 58.7.5%=1007.5=0.0750.075×58=4.35
Subtract calculated value: Subtract the calculated value from the original number.Now we subtract 4.35 from 58 to find the decreased value.58−4.35=53.65
Round the result: Round the result to the nearest tenth. Rounding 53.65 to the nearest tenth gives us 53.7.
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