How do you reduce 68 by 12.5%?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-09T16:24:07

$59.5$

There are two methods.

$12.5% xx 68$

$=12.5/100xx 68 = 8.5$

$:. 68-8.5 = 59.5$

$100%-12.5% = 87.5%$

$87.5/100 xx 68$

$=59.5$

Note that the percentages $12.5% and 87.5$ are the same as the fractions $1/8 and 7/8$