Javier works in a photo lab and needs to make a reduced copy of a photograph that is 8 inches long. The customer wants the copy
to have a length of 4.5 inches. Each time he presses the reduce button on the copier, the copy is reduced by 12%. Javier and his boss had an argument, because Javier claimed that pressing the button 5 times would be enough to fulfill the customer's request. His boss said that pressing the button 5 times would result in a length less than the desired 4.5 inches. Which of the following conclusions can be made?
To find the percentage that the customer wants reduced, we use this equation: 8n = 4.5 n = 4.5/8 n = 0.5626 Because javier believes that reducing 12% 5 times would work, he is assuming that: 56.26 - 60 = 0 This is not the case. Javier's boss is correct.
