Question

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

Answer 1

The percentage decrease is about 31.43%

8.75-6/8.75 x 100

2.75/8.75 x 100 = 31.428%

Answer 2

31.4%

Explanation:

We have been given that ticket prices were on sale from $8.75 to $6.00. We are asked to find percent of decrease.

`\text{Percent of decrease}=\frac{\text{Final}-\text{Original}}{\text{original}}* 100\%`

`\text{Percent of decrease}=(6-8.75)/(8.75)* 100\%`

`\text{Percent of decrease}=(-2.75)/(8.75)* 100\%`

`\text{Percent of decrease}=-0.3142857142857* 100\%`

`\text{Percent of decrease}=-31.42857142857\%`

`\text{Percent of decrease}\approx -31.4\%`

Therefore, percent of decrease was approximately 31.4%.