Question

This month chun's office produced 700 pounds of garbage.Chun wants to reduce the weight of garbage produced to 85% of the weight produce this month what is the target weight for the garbage produced next month?
pls help i need the for hw due tommorow thx

Answer 1

Answer=595 pounds

The question is written in a rather confusing manner, but the math needed to solve this is simple. To answer this question, we need to solve for 85% of 700pounds.

Remember that 85% equivalent to 85/100 and 0.85

700pounds*0.85=595 pounds