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The price of a cup of coffee was $2.35 yesterday. Today, the price fell to $2.10 . Find the percentage decrease. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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The price of a cup of coffee was $2.35 yesterday. Today, the price fell to $2.10 . Find the percentage decrease. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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The answer is 11%. Solution: ($2.10÷$2.35) × 100 = 89% 100%-89% = 11%
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You are paying now 89.361702127% of the original price so the decrese percantage is 100 - 89.361702127= 10.638297872 Which makes the decrease percantage 10.6%
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