If Tom's family disposes of 200 pounds of solid waste, and paper makes up 40% of that waste, you multiply 200*40% <em>or </em>200*0.4 to get the answer which is 80 pounds of paper.
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If Tom's family disposes of 200 pounds of solid waste, and glass makes up 7% of that, you multiply 200*7% <em>or </em>200*0.07 to get an answer of 14 pounds of glass.
A geometric figure is intuitively defined as a set of points and lines in space. In the words of Euclid: A figure is that which is contained by any boundary or boundaries