Question

rachel owns a cupcake shop. last week she used 42.5 pounds of sugar making cupcakes. this week she used 26 pounds of sugar. find the percent change in the amount of sugar used. classify as a percent increase or decrease

Answer 1

Answer:

decreased by 39%

Step-by-step explanation:

deacreased by

42.5-26= 16.5

16.5÷42.5=38.82352941

rounded to 39%

Answer 2

Answer:

Decreased by 39%, hope this helps! :D

Step-by-step explanation: