What is the change in the area of rectangle if its length decreases by 15% and its width decreases?

The area of the rectangle can be obtained by multiplying its length and breadth.

Answer: The percentage increase in the area of the rectangle is 32.25%.

Let's find first the area of the given rectangle then the percentage increase in its area.

Explanation:

Let's draw a diagram of the rectangle.

The rectangle has dimensions 40 m × 25 m.

AB = 40 cm and BC = 25cm

Area of the given rectangle = Length × Breadth

= AB × BC

= 40 × 25 = 1000 m2

Let's draw a diagram of the rectangle if the length and the breadth are increased by15%.

Now, the new dimensions of the rectangle would be,

New length, A'B' = 40 + (40 × 15/100) = 40 + 6 = 46 m

New breadth, B'C' = 25 + (25 × 15/100) = 25 + 3.75 = 28.75 m

Now, Area of this given rectangle = New Length × New Breadth

= A'B' × B'C'

= 46 × 28.75 = 1322.5 m2

Now, percentage increase in the area of the rectangle = (Change in Area / Initial Area) × 100%

= [(1322.50 - 1000) / 1000 × 100]%

= [322.50/1000 × 100]%

= 32.25%

Thus, the percentage increase in the area of the rectangle is 32.25%.

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On Monday, the price of a shirt costs x dollars. On Tuesday, the manager puts the shirt on sale for 10% off Monday's price. On Wednesday, the manager increases the price of the shirt by 10% of Tuesday's price. Describe the change in price from Monday to Wednesday.

Possible Answers:

1% decrease

10% increase

10% decrease

No change

1% increase

Correct answer:

1% decrease

Explanation:

To find the cost on Tuesday, take 10% off Monday's price. In other words, find 90% of Monday's price. This is simply 0.9x. If we are to now add 10% of this value back onto itself to find Wednesday's price, we want 100% + 10%, or 110% of 0.9x.

1.1(0.9x) = 0.99x

This value is 1% smaller than x.

If the length of a rectangle is increased by thirty percent, which of the following most closely approximates the percent by which the rectangle's width must decrease, so that the area of the rectangle remains unchanged?

Explanation:

If the price of a TV was decreased from $3,000 to $1,800, by what percent was the price decreased?

Explanation:

The price was lowered by $1,200 which is 40% of $3,000.

If a rectangle's length decreases by fifteen percent, and its width decreases by twenty percent, then by what percent does the rectangle's area decrease?

Explanation:

Let's call the original length and width of the rectangle 

The initial area, , of the rectangle is equal to the product of the length and the width. We can represent this with the following equation:

Next, let and represent the length and width, respectively, after they have been decreased.  The final area will be equal to , which will be equal to the product of the final length and width.

We are asked to find the change in the area, which essentially means we want to compare and . In order to do this, we will need to find an expression for in terms of  and . We can rewrite and in terms of and .

First, we are told that the length is decreased by fifteen percent. We can think of the full length as 100% of the length. If we take away fifteen percent, we are left with 100 – 15, or 85% of the length. In other words, the final length is 85% of the original length. We can represent 85% as a decimal by moving the decimal two places to the left.

= 85% of =

Similarly, if we decrease the width by 20%, we are only left with 80% of the width.

= 80% of =

We can now express the final area in terms of and by substituting the expressions we just found for the final length and width.

= ()() =

Lastly, let's apply the formula for percent of change, which will equal the change in the area divided by the original area. The change in the area is equal to the final area minus the original area.

percent change = (100%)

=(100%)

=(100%) = –0.32(100%) = –32%

The negative sign indicates that the rectangle's area decreased. The change in the area was a decrease of 32%.

The answer is 32.

The cost of a load of laundry is reduced by . The cost is then reduced 2 weeks later by another . What is the overall reduction?

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The original reduction brings the total to  of the original value. Taking a  discount off that price gives  of the original value. This means the reduction had been .

The cost of a shirt in January is  dollars. In February, the cost is decreased by 10%. In March, the cost is decreased by another 10%. By what percentage did the shirt decrease in total between January and March?

Possible Answers:

We must know the original cost to find the answer

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The best way to answer this question is to plug in a number for n. Since you are working with percentages, it may be easiest to use 100 for n.

We know that in the month of February, the cost of this shirt was decreased by 10%. Because 10% of 100 is $10, the new cost of the shirt is $90.

In March, the cost of the shirt decreased another 10%. 10% of 90 is 9, so the cost of the shirt is now $81.

To find the total percentage decrease, you must divide 81 by 100 and subtract it from 1.

1 – (81/100) = 1 – 0.81 = 0.19

The total decrease was 19%.

The cost of a hat increases by 15% and then decreases by 35%. After the two price changes, the new price of the hat is what percent of the original?

Possible Answers:

88.91%

85.3%

80%

74.75%

75%

Explanation:

The easiest way to do percentage changes is to keep them all in one equation. Therefore, we would say that an increase of 15% is the same as multiplying the original value by 1.15. Likewise, we would say that a discount by 35% is the same as multiplying the original by .65.

For our problem, let the hat cost X dollars originally. Therefore, after its increase, it costs 1.15X dollars. Now, we can consider this new price as the whole to which the discount will be applied. Therefore, a 35% reduction is (1.15X) * 0.65.

Simplifying, we get 0.7475, or 74.75%.

A dress is reduced in price by , but it still doesn't sell, so the manager discounts it by another . What is the total percentage discount?

Possible Answers:

None of the other answer choices are correct.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For these type of questions, it is always best to pretend that we are beginning with a $100 item and to calculate from there.

If an item that is $100 is discounted by 35%, and then another 10%, the new price is 58.5%.

The price difference (discount) is $41.5 for every $100, or:

The total discount is 41.5%.

In his most recent film, it was estimated that Joaquin Phoenix was paid  of the  budget.  In his next roll, he is expected to make  less.  How much money should Joaquin expect to make for his next film?

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, we find how much Mr. Phoenix made in his most recent movie

Then, we decrease this by fifteen percent according the to the formula:

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