Question

In a sale the normal price of a book is reduced by 30% what singles number must be i multiple by to reduce something by 30%

I need help

Answer 1

Explanation:

This means the price of the book will decrease by 100%-30%=70%

70% decrease in x = 100% of x - 70% of x = 1x - 0.7x = (1 - 0.7)x = 0.3x So 0.3x represents a 70% decrease in x.

Notice that this multiplier .3 is the same as (30% of x).

the answer is 0.3.