Question

you want to redesign a shoe box. Currently its length is 25 cm its width is 20 cm and its height is 40 cm. You want to keep the volume and length unchanged and decrease the height by 20%. What will be the new length of the box

Answer 1

32 cm

Explanation:

The original height is 40. - Given

20 percent is also equal to 1/5

SO the expression would be 1/5 x 40 cm

You get 8 cm.

Then, you subtract 8 from 40 to get 32 cm.