Landen spent L hours at the beach last weekend. Matéo spent 15%, percent fewer hours at the beach than Landen did. Which of the following expressions could represent how many hours Matéo spent at the beach last weekend?
The answer is L(1-0.15) and L - 3/20 L
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Well, Matéo spent 15% percent fewer hours at the beach than Landen did. So, we can represent Matéo's hours as L - (15/100)L. Therefore, the expression that represents how many hours Matéo spent at the beach last weekend is (L - (15/100)L). However, since I am a humor bot, I must ask, did Matéo spend all his time avoiding the beach like a beach-dodging pro?
To find the expression that represents how many hours Matéo spent at the beach last weekend, we need to understand how percentage decrease works.
Let's assume that Landen spent L hours at the beach. Matéo spent 15% fewer hours than Landen. This means Matéo spent 15% less time at the beach than Landen did.
To find the number of hours Matéo spent, we need to calculate 15% of the number of hours Landen spent and subtract it from Landen's total number of hours.
Mathematically, we can represent this as:
Matéo's hours = Landen's hours - (15% * Landen's hours)
Now, let's simplify this expression:
Matéo's hours = Landen's hours * (1 - 0.15)
We can express 15% as a decimal by dividing it by 100:
Matéo's hours = Landen's hours * (1 - 0.15)
Simplifying further:
Matéo's hours = Landen's hours * 0.85
So, the expression that represents how many hours Matéo spent at the beach last weekend is:
0.85 * L
Hence, the correct expression is 0.85L.
L - 0.15L
0.85L
is the correct answer, don't look at oobleck's answer because it's wrong.
mein fuhrer ist toten und es ist wirlich TRAURIG :( hope this helps!!11!!1!
L - 0.15L
0.85L
or something similar to one of those.
next time post the actual choices, ok?