Please answer the following question by reasoning step-by-step.
A pole is 20 meters long. It got cut in a way that left it 30% shorter. How long is the pole?

14
The cut - away part of the pole is 30 / 100 * 20 = 6 meters long.

So the pole is left at the length of 20 - 6 = 14 meters.

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Thus, the answer is 14