quinnalbertson quinnalbertson
  • 13-01-2017
  • Mathematics
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an item that was selling for $72 is reduced to $60 find the percent decrease in price round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

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lilipadbloom lilipadbloom
  • 13-01-2017

The amount of decrease is $12.00 :$72.00 - $60.00 = $12.00

 you then divide the amount of decrease by the original price to find the  percent decrease:

   $12.00 ÷ $72.00  =  .166666...  =  16.7%

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