A watermelon weighs 8,475 grams. A scale measured the weight with an error of 12% under the actual weight. What was the measured weight?

Question

A watermelon weighs 8,475 grams. A scale measured the weight with an error of 12% under the actual weight. What was the measured weight?

Answer 1

It measured (100-12)% = 88% of the actual weight, which is 0.88 times the actual weight.  So it measured

 

0.88(8475) g = 7458 g