Two cars are side by side. One is 3.9 meters long. The other is 6% shorter. How long is the second car?

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Davion Garrett

6 September, 15:47

Two cars are side by side. One is 3.9 meters long. The other is 6% shorter. How long is the second car?

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Abigail Parrish · Answer 1

So what we want to know is how long is the car that is 6% shorter then the other car. We can look at it this way: the shorter car is 94% the lenght of the longer car. Lets call the length of the shorter car x, then we have the equation: 94% * 3.9m=x. Or, (94/100) * 3.9=x. Now we solve for x and get: x = 3.666m. So the shorter car is 3.666 m long.