Question

In the morning an iceberg weighed 380,000 pounds. If it lost 0.3% of its weight during the day, what is its new weight at the end of the day?

Answer 1

378860 pounds

Explanation:

Answer 2

We have been given that in the morning an iceberg weighed 380,000 pounds. It lost 0.3% of its weight during the day. We are asked to find the weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day.

The weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day would be original weight of ice-berg minus 0.3% of original weight.

`\text{The weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day}=380,000-380,000* (0.3)/(100)`

`\text{The weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day}=380,000-3800* 0.3`

`\text{The weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day}=380,000-1140`

`\text{The weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day}=378,860`

Therefore, the weight of the ice-berg at the end of the day would be 378,860 pounds.