what is 3.75 less 12.5%

Question

how do you reduce 3.75 by 12.5%.  do you times it by 87.5%?

Answer 1

3.75 - (3.75 * 0.125) = 3.75 - 0.46875 = 3.28125

Simply follow the steps included in the problem statement. Making assumptions doesn't always work, because the assumptions can be complicated and inaccurate. It works this time only because the problem is so simple.

Answer 2

12.5% of 3.75 is 0.46875. 3.75-0.46875=3.28125.