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Wren bought a baseball card last year for $2.25. This year the price dropped to $.45. What was the percent of decrease in the price of the card?

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User Jstar
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use the formula
is/
of=%/100
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User Getter Jetter
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0.45/2.25=0.2=20 percent which is a 80 percent of decrease
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