Mary's current record for her swimming race is 120 seconds. If she can reduce her time by 5%, how many seconds less will that be

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4 years ago

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2 answers:

rewona [7] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-09T07:16:06+03:00

rewona [7]4 years ago

7 0

5% of 120 is 6

120 - 6 = 114

Her time would be reduced to 114 seconds.

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notka56 [123] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-09T09:18:36+03:00

5 0

Since she reduce her time by 5%,
So

120 - (5% of 120)
120 - (5/100 of 120)
120 - (0.05 * 120)
120 - (6)
120 - 6
114 seconds . (Answer)