Question

Karen is making a set of costumes for the school play using a piece of cloth. She reduces the length of the cloth she intends to use by 10%. If the initial length of the cloth that she wanted to use was 15 meters, what is the new length of the cloth she wants to use?

Answer 1

Answer:

Initial Length of the cloth = 15m

Length Reduced. = 10%

New Length of cloth = 10% of 15

= 10/100 x 15

= 13.5

Answer 2

Answer: Karen uses 13.5 m length of cloth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Original length of the cloth to be used by Karen = 15 m

Percentage reduction in length of cloth = 10 %

Reduction in length of cloth = 10 % of 15 m

Reduction in length of cloth =  $\frac{10}{100} * 15$ m

Reduction in length of cloth =  1.5 m

New length of cloth = Original length - Reduction in length

New length of cloth =  15 m  -  1.5 m

New length of cloth =  13.5 m

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