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A road crew is widening a street that is 24 m wide. Their scale drawing says the new street has to be 125% of the width of the old street. How wide should the new street be?
A. 19.2 m
B. 28 m
C. 30 m
D. 300 m

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Answer:

If the street is already 24 m wide, and it is being expanded by 125%, then the correct answer is C. 30 m!

125% simply means 1 1/4.     1/4 of 24 is 6.    So, you have 24 + 6 = 30!

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Answer:

The Answer would be C

Step-by-step explanation:

If the street is already 24 m wide, and it is being expanded by 125%

then the correct answer is C. 30 m!

To put it simply 125% means 1 1/4.  

1/4 of 24 is 6.  

So, you have 24 + 6 = 30