Question

After a year of babysitting for $9.75 Kira decides to stop babysitting and takes a new job delivering items. The new job will pay her $7.80. What is the percent decrease?

.25%

25%

.2%

20%

Answer 1

the percent decrease is .2 percen you can tell when you subtract 9 and 7 and get 2

Explanation:

Answer 2

The percent decrease is 20%

Explanation:

This write this as a percent proportion

So it would be:

7.80/x = 9.75/100

x=780/9.75

x=80

Since we have to find the percent decrease, we do 100%-80% and we get 20%

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