Question

The point MegaMarket sold 450 organic pears last season. this season they only sold 360 What was the percent decrease in sales

Answer 1

First, you would need to determine the difference between last season's pear sales and this season's pear sales.
450 - 360 = 90

Next, you would need to create an equation to determine what percentage 90 is of 450. Let x represent the unknown sales decrease percentage.

`(90)/(450)` =
`(x)/(100)`

Cross multiply.
450x = 9,000

Now, all you would need to do is isolate the x. To do this, you would divide both sides of the equal sign by 450.
x = 20
x = 20%

The percent decrease was 20%.

I hope this helps!