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Last year, Kevin opened an investment account with $8600. At he end of the year, the amount in the account had decreased by 23.5%. How much is this decrease in dollars? How much money was in his account at the end of last year?

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He had a 2021 decrease in dollars to find this you have to do 8600x23.5=202,100 and then divide it by 100. For the second part just subtract 8600 from 2021 and your answer is 6,579
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