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The author of a book was told that he would have to cut the number of pages by 6%6% for the book to sell at a popular price and still make a profit.Step 1 of 3 :  If these cuts were made, what percent of the original number of pages was in the final version?

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The author of a book was told that he would have to cut the number of pages by 6%6% for the book to sell at a popular price and still make a profit.Step 1 of 3 :  If these cuts were made, what percent of the original number of pages was in the final version?

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If the author was told to cut the number of pages by 6%, this means that the final version of the book would contain 100% - 6% = 94% of the original number of pages. So, the final version of the book was 94% of the original number of pages.

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