A few weeks ago, Samuel bought 5 apples from his local farmers' market. Today, the number of apples Samuel bought was 40% lower. How many apples did he buy today?
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To find out how many apples Samuel bought today, we need to first calculate the number of apples that are 40% lower than the number of apples he bought a few weeks ago.
40% of 5 apples is (40/100) * 5 = 2 apples.
So, the number of apples Samuel bought today is 5 - 2 = 3 apples.