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This month, Chun's office produced 690 pounds of garbage. Chun wants to reduce the weight of garbage produced to 85% of the weight produced this month. What is the target weight for the garbage produced
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This month, Chun's office produced 690 pounds of garbage. Chun wants to reduce the weight of garbage produced to 85% of the weight produced this month. What is the target weight for the garbage produced next month?

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103.5 would probably be answer
User Abdelrahman
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85% = 0.85


0.85 * 690 = 586.5


690 - 586.5 = 103.5


103.5 is his target.

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