Question

What is the approximate percent change in a temperature that went down from 120 degrees to 100 degrees?

Answers-

A : The precent change was 17%
B: The precent change was 20%
C: The precent change was 80%
D: The precent change was 120%

Answer 1

120 - 100 = 20

20/120 = 16.666666

Round up to 17

17%

Answer 2

The reduction in temperature = (120 - 100)
= 20
Since it happened from 120 degrees, we can find out the reduction percentage as follows
(20/120) * 100
(1/6) * 100
16.7 %

Approximately 17 %

so the answer is A