Mr. Dean often told funny stories about his pet cat, Snowball, to his class at school. After
showing the class a picture of Snowball one day, he asked the students to guess the cat’s
age. Then, he told them Snowball was 16 years old! Reggie had guessed an age less
than that. What age did Reggie guess for Snowball?
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Mr. Dean often told funny stories about his pet cat, Snowball, to his class at school. After
showing the class a picture of Snowball one day, he asked the students to guess the cat’s
age. Then, he told them Snowball was 16 years old! Reggie had guessed an age

less
than that. What age did Reggie guess for Snowball?
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To find the age that Reggie guessed for Snowball, we need to calculate $$ 37.5\% $$ less than the actual age of Snowball, which is 16 years old.

Let's denote the age that Reggie guessed as $$ x $$. We can set up the equation:

$$ x = 16 - \left( \frac{37.5}{100} \times 16 \right) $$

Now, we can solve for $$ x $$ to find the age that Reggie guessed for Snowball.
Calculate the value by following steps:
- step0: Calculate:
  $$16-\left(\frac{37.5}{100}\times 16\right)$$
- step1: Divide the terms:
  $$16-\left(\frac{3}{8}\times 16\right)$$
- step2: Multiply the numbers:
  $$16-6$$
- step3: Subtract the numbers:
  $$10$$
Reggie guessed that Snowball was 10 years old.
Reggie guessed that Snowball was 10 years old.

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