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The sides of a rectangle were reduced by 70% of their original dimensions. The area of the new rectangle represents what percent of the area of the original rectangle?

User Dheer
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Answer:

49%

Explanation:

0.7 ^ 2 = 0.49.

0.49 = 49%.

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