Question

On Monday, Florencia's hair was hhh centimeters long. She got a haircut on Tuesday, so her hair was only 75\%75%75, percent of the length it was on Monday.

Which of the following expressions could represent how many centimeters long Florencia's hair was after the haircut?

Answer 1

hhh x 0.25

Explanation:

the hair was cut by 75% so only 25% is left, so you would multiply the initial length by how much is left and that's the answer.

Answer 2

`0.75h`

Explanation:

Givens:

• Florencia's hair was
  `h` centimeter long.
• After a haircut, her hear was 75% of the length before the hair cut.

The expression that models or represents how many centimeters long Florencia's hair after the haircut, we just need to express the 75% of the inital length
`h`. Now, we now that 75% is 0.75 in decimal number, so the expression would be:

`0.75h`

This means that she got cut a 25% of the initial length.