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Ticket prices were on sale from $8.75 to $6.00. What is the percent of decrease rounded to the nearest tenth?

OA) 27.5%
OB) 31.4%
OC) 45.8%
OD) 33.7%

User Shomari
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the ticket price was decreased by 8.75-6=2.75$
to know the percentage of decrease:
percentage=(fraction of decrease/total price) x 100
percentage = (2.75/8.75) x 100
= 31.4%
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