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If a 10-foot piece of electrical tape has 0.037 feet cut from it,then what is the new length of the tape

User Justincely
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10-.037 = 9.963. It's simple subtraction ;) 
User Valay
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10-0.037 = 9.963.

if they mean that 0.037 or 3.7% cut from TOTAL length
when -> 10*(1-0.037)=96.3
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