Question

a concert ticket that originally cost $18.50 is on sale for $14.00 what is the percent of decrease,rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

The answer is 24.3% and it can be round to 25% Hopefully this helps!

Answer 2

Firstly, the best thing to do is to find 10% of $18.50 & this is $1.85.
The difference between $18.50 and $14, and this is $4.50
The best thing to do is to divide $4.50 by $1.80 and this gives you 2.43, which is equal to 24.3%, therefore, this can be rounded to 25%
Hope this helps :)