Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281159
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-115-6

Skills Handbook - Percents - Exercises - Page 895: 11

Answer

A reasonable estimate would be $7$.

Work Step by Step

$12\%\approx10\%$. $10\%$, or one-tenth of $70$, is $7$. Therefore, a reasonable estimate would be $7$.
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