An item that was selling foe 72.00 is reduced to 60.00. Find the percent decrease in price. Round your answer to the nearest tenth

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Answer: 34.5%

Explanation:

$(New-Original)/(Original)=(60-72)/(72)=(-12)/(72)=-0.3446 = -34.5\%$

Note: the negative sign represents "decrease"

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