Question

ticket prices were on sale from $8.75 to $6.00. what is the percent of decrease rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

The percentage decrease is about 31.43%

8.75-6/8.75 x 100

2.75/8.75 x 100 = 31.428%

Answer 2

Answer:

31.4%

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that ticket prices were on sale from $8.75 to $6.00. We are asked to find percent of decrease.

$\text{Percent of decrease}=\frac{\text{Final}-\text{Original}}{\text{original}}\times 100\%$

$\text{Percent of decrease}=\frac{6-8.75}{8.75}\times 100\%$

$\text{Percent of decrease}=\frac{-2.75}{8.75}\times 100\%$

$\text{Percent of decrease}=-0.3142857142857\times 100\%$

$\text{Percent of decrease}=-31.42857142857\%$

$\text{Percent of decrease}\approx -31.4\%$

Therefore, percent of decrease was approximately 31.4%.