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brad put 10 cricketers in his pet lizards cage after one day brads lizard has eaten 20% of the crickets he had to put in the cage by the end of the next dY the lizard has eaten 25% of the remaining crickets how many crickets were left in the cage at the end lf the second day

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the answer is 6 crickets
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Answer:

6 crickets were left in the cage at the end lf the second day.

Explanation:

Total number of crickets in the cage,x = 10

Percentage of crickets eaten by lizards = 20% of x

After 1 day, number of crickets left in the cage :

x - 20% of x =
10 - (20)/(100)* 10 = 8

Number of crickets left in the cage after 1 day ,y = 8

Number of crickets left in the cage after 2 days:

Percentage of crickets eaten by lizards = 25% of y

y - 25% of y =
8 - (25)/(100)* 8 = 6

6 crickets were left in the cage at the end lf the second day.

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