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If I get a 80 on my test but have 25% reduction what would be my new grade?

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\begin{gathered} \text{Test score=80} \\ \text{ Reduction percentage =25\%} \end{gathered}

Firstly, we are going to find the 25% of the test score which is 80.

Thus, we have:


\begin{gathered} 25\text{ \% of }80 \\ (25)/(100)*80=20 \end{gathered}

Hence, the new grade is:


80-20=60

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