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A group of Environmental Science team travel 20 miles to a field to conduct measurements and observations,
due to floating the government improvise a rod for them, now they travel 8% less than usual. Calculate the number of miles they are traveling now?

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MrRoyal

Answer:

They now travel 18.4 miles

Explanation:

Given

[tex]Distance = 20\ miles[/tex]

[tex]\%\ Less = 8\%[/tex]

Required

Determine the new distance covered

First, we need to determine the reduced distance

This is calculated as thus:

[tex]Reduced\ Distance = 8\% * 20\ miles[/tex]

Convert % to decimal

[tex]Reduced\ Distance = 0.08 * 20\ miles[/tex]

[tex]Reduced\ Distance = 1.6\ miles[/tex]

Now, the new distance can be calculated;

[tex]New\ Distance = 20\ miles - 1.6\ miles[/tex]

[tex]New\ Distance = 18.4\ miles[/tex]

Hence; they now travel 18.4 miles