Question

The point mega market sold 450 organic pears last season. This season they only sold 360. What was the percent decrease sale?

Answer 1

First, you would need to determine the difference between last season's pear sales and this season's pear sales.

450 - 360 = 90

Next, you would need to create an equation to determine what percentage 90 is of 450. Let x represent the unknown sales decrease percentage.

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Cross multiply.

450x = 9,000

Now, all you would need to do is isolate the x. To do this, you would divide both sides of the equal sign by 450.

x = 20

x = 20%

The percent decrease was 20%.

I hope this helps!