Question

During a tropical storm, the temperature decreased from 84° to 63º. Find the percent decrease in temperature during the storm. (a) 33% (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) 75%

Answer 1

To find the percentage of decrease, first, we divide.

`(63)/(84)=0.75`

This means 63° represents 75% of 84°. In other words, the temperature decreased by 25%.

Hence, the answer is B.