A company wants to decrease their energy used by 17% if their electric bill is currently $2200 a month what will their bill be if they are successful

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asked Mar 27, 2022 209k views

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Magali · Answer 1 · 2022-04-02T11:22:43+0000

Answer:
$\$1826$

Explanation:

Given

The company wants to decrease its bill by 17%

The amount of the current bill is
$\$2200\ \text{per month}$

Percentage decrease is given by

$\Rightarrow \frac{\text{original-New}}{\text{original}}* 100$

Suppose the new bill is x

$\Rightarrow (2200-x)/(2200)* 100=17\\\\\Rightarrow 1-(x)/(2200)=0.17\\\\\Rightarrow 0.83=(x)/(2200)\\\\\Rightarrow x=\$1826$