Question

 A farmer recently sold a large plot of land. The sale decreased his total acreage by 8​%. Let t be the original acreage. Find two equivalent expressions that will give the new acreage. Use pencil and paper. Use the expressions to describe two ways to find the new acreage.
Which two expressions will give the new​ acreage? 

A.t-8t
B.t-0.8t
C.8t
D.0.92t
E.0.92t-0.08t
F.0.8t

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 0.92t, is indeed a correct answer, but probably B or E are not correctly written. The second correct way is t - 0.08t.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the farmer recently sold 8​% of the original acreage of his plot and t is the original acreage, therefore:

8% = 0.08

Thence, the expressions to describe two ways to find the new acreage are:

t - 0.08t

t - 0.08t = 0.92t

D. 0.92t, is indeed a correct answer, but probably B or E are not correctly written. The second correct way is t - 0.08t.