Question

1. An aquarium that was origanally priced at $80 was reduced to $70 What is the percent of change?

Answer 1

The change is

80 - 70 = $10 less

To find the percentage change, we divide the change by the original. So,

10/80 = 1/8

In decimal, it is 0.125

To get percentage, we multiply the decimal by 100 and tag along a '%' sign.

0.125 * 100 = 12.5%

The percent change is

12.5% decrease