When Sean left for college, his parents decided to move from their two thousand four hundred square-foot home into a smaller house. If the size of their house decreased by thirty percent, how many square feet is their new house?

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anonymous · Answer

2400-100%
x-70%
x=2400*70/100=24*70=1680

anonymous · Answer

Well, if original was 2400, and 30% was taken off, that is saying

2400 x 0.3 = Y

2400 - Y = X (size of smaller house) Post the result on here