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Sims waist is 30 inches. He wants to put on more weight and is hoping to gain enough weight to increase his waist size by 8%. How many inches does he want his waist to be?

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Answer:

  32.4 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Sam wants the increase to be 8% of 30 inches.

Increase

The amount of increase Sam wants in his waist size is ...

  8% × 30 in = 0.08×30 in = 2.4 in

Waist size

Adding the wanted increase to his present size would make Sam's waist size be ...

  30 in + 2.4 in = 32.4 in

Sam wants his waist size to be 32.4 inches.

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Additional comment

The larger size can also be computed from ...

  30 +8%×30 = (1 +8%)×30 = 1.08×30 = 32.4 . . . inches

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