Question

The value of x is decreased by 5% . Which expression represents this situation?

Answer 1

`\begin{array} \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{5\% of x}}{\left( \cfrac{5}{100} \right)x}\implies 0.05x~\hfill \underset{ decreased }{\stackrel{ x~~ - ~~0.05x }{{\Large \begin{array}{llll} 0.95x \end{array}}}}`