Finley's pumpkin had a mass of 6.56.56, point, 5 kilograms (\text{kg})(kg)left parenthesis, start text, k, g, end text, right parenthesis before he carved it. After carving it, the pumpkin had a mass of 3.9\,\text{kg}3.9kg
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40 % Mass removed in Carving the pumpkin
Step-by-step explanation:
Finley's pumpkin had a mass of 6.5 kg before he carved it.
After carving it, the pumpkin had a mass of 3.9 kg
Mass Removed = 6.5 - 3.9 = 2.6 kg
% of mass removed 100 * 2.6 /6.5
= 40 %
40 % Mass removed in Carving the pumpkin
Mass remained after carving = 3.9 kg
% of Mass Remained after carving = 100 * 3.9/6.5
= 60%
60 % of Mass remained of pumpkin after carving
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start by finding the amount of decrease in the mass
6.5kg-3.9kg= 2.6kg
what percent of 6.5kg is 2.6kg
?% x . 6.5 = 2.6
?%×6.5=2.6
6.5 6.5
?%=0.4
percent means 100, so 0.4 is equivalent to 40/100 and also to 40%
therefore there was a 40% decrease in the mass of the pumpkin.