Question

An item that was selling for $72.00 is reduced to $60.00. find the percent decrease in price. round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

so what's the answer because im confused

Explanation:

Answer 2

if you first find that what is the percentage of $60 in $72 then you can find the percent decrease in price so you should say:
?/100 = 60/72
so ? is your percentage:
60*100/72 = 83.34
so the percent that decrease in price will be:
100 - 83.34 = 16.66 :)))
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