Question

The price of an item has dropped to $46 today yesterday was $115 find the percent decrease

Answer 1

Using cross multiply and divide the equation looks like so 46/115 next to x/100 to get an answer of 40%

Answer 2

percent decrease = 40%

Explanation:

The price of an item yesterday = $115

Today the price of the item has dropped to = $46

The percent decrease =
`(46)/(115)* 100`

= 0.40 × 100

= 40%

The percent decrease would be 40%.