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George wants to use 20% off is Land for planting trees. How many acres to the nearest tenth, does he want to use to plant trees if he has 98 acres of land ?

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Answer:


19.6\ acres

Explanation:

we know that

To find how many acres, George wants to use to plant trees, multiply the percentage in decimal number by the total of acres of land

so


20\%=20/100=0.20


0.20*98=19.6\ acres

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