Question

3. Noah's oven thermometer gives a reading that is 2% greater than the actual

temperature.
b. If the thermometer reading is 76°F, what is the actual temperature?

Answer 1

74.48 (round down to 74)

Explanation:

2% of 76 is 1.52, so the correct reading would be 74.48 (rounded to 74)

to find that 2% of 76 what 1.52, I did 76 x .02 which gave me 1.52. Then I subtracted 1.51 from 76, which gave me 74.48

Equations used:

76x.02=1.52

76-1.52=74.48