Please help with this algebra word problem?!?!

The author of a book was told that he would have to cut the number of pages by 5% for the book to sell at a popular price and still make a profit. If these cuts were made, what percent of the original number of pages was in the final version?

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Please help with this algebra word problem?!?!

The author of a book was told that he would have to cut the number of pages by 5% for the book to sell at a popular price and still make a profit. If these cuts were made, what percent of the original number of pages was in the final version?

anonymous · Answer

one hundred percent minus five percent is ninety five percent

anonymous · Answer

95%
.... Only 2nd Grade math, you need better reading comprehension to get that one.