Question

A furniture store has a chair originally priced at $76 on sale for $58. What is the percent of decrease rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

23.7%

Explanation:

If a furniture store has a chair originally priced at $76 on sale for $58, the percent of decrease rounded to the nearest tenth is 23.7.

Answer 2

23.7%

Explanation:

The percentage change can be computed as ...

((new value)/(original value) -1) × 100%

= (58/76 -1) × 100%

≈ (0.763 -1) × 100% = -23.7%

The decrease is 23.7%.