Question

A number when reduced by 5 %becomes 133. What is the number?

Answer 1

Answer:

140

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

A number when reduced by 5 %becomes 133.  The number is 140

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the original number.

Reducing the number by 5% means will get a number that's 0.05 x less than the original number.

The number is therefore given by:

x - 0.05x = 0.95x

The new number is = 0.95 x

From the question, the new number = 133.

Now, equating the two we have:

133 = 0.95 x

Let's then get the value of x as follows.

x = 133/0.95 = 140

The original number is 140.