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At a garage sale petra priced her scooter for 15.50 she ended up selling it for 10.75 find percent of decrease in the price of those scooter around the percent to the nearest 10th and if necessary

User HyperioN
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Answer:

31% decrease

Explanation:

subtract 15.50 from 10.75

take the answer and divide by 15.50 (4.75/15.50)

then round the answer to the nearest tenth (.31)

convert that to a percentage

Hope this helped!

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