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By what percent will a fraction change if its numerator is decreased by 60% and its denominator is decreased by 20%? THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOEVER ANSWERS IT I HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME!

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Answer:

decreased by 50%

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\frac{x}{y}[/tex]

100% - 60% = 40% = 0.4

100% - 20% = 80% = 0.8

[tex]\frac{0.4x}{0.8y}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{x}{2y}[/tex] = 0.5 × [tex]\frac{x}{y}[/tex] ⇒ the original fraction is decreased by 50%

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