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A 20” Square is being copied at 25%. What are the dimensions of the New square after being copied?

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Answer:

5"

Explanation:

You are copying a square of side 20 inches into a smaller version of it that is exactly 25% of the original size.

Notice that 25% can be written in fraction form as:
(25)/(100) = (1)/(4)

This gives us a clue about how to reduce the original dimension: "multiply it by
(1)/(4), which is the same as divide it by 4:


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