A magazine has 172,500 subscribers. The records of the magazine show that each year 12% of readers fail to renew subscriptions, how many readers can the magazine expect to lose this year?

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Bernard Anthony

Mathematics

5 June, 07:15

A magazine has 172,500 subscribers. The records of the magazine show that each year 12% of readers fail to renew subscriptions, how many readers can the magazine expect to lose this year?

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Jayce Novak · Answer 1

20,700 readers.

Step-by-step explanation:

When looking for a percent of a number always put a decimal two spots to the left of the percentage number. Example: 12% turns into. 12 Then take the number of something your trying to break down and times that by the. 12

Example: 172,500 *.12 = 20,700