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Sheila's tyre pressure gauge shows a reading which is 12% higher than the actual pressure. what is the actual pressure when Sue's Gauge shows 38.64
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If the gauge reads 12% more than actual, that means it’s 1.12 times too high, so the actual pressure is 38.64/1.12=34.5.

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