Question

Hand lotion origninally cost $3.00 for 16-ounce. This week the lotion is on sale $2.40 for 16-ounce. What is the percent decrease in the price of the lotion?

Answer 1

20%

Explanation:

To find out the percent decrease of the price of the lotion, the first step is to get the amount of the decrease in price.

The lotion is normally $3.00 for the bottle.

This week, it's at $2.40 for the same bottle.

The difference is then of $0.60 per bottle.

Now, we take that $0.60 and we divide it by the original price of $3, we get:

$0.60 / $3.00 = 0.20

So the special is a reduction of 20% from the original price of $3.00 per bottle.