Question

During a sale, the price of a sweater was changed from $20 to $16. What was the percent of decrease in the price of the sweater?

Answer 1

Answer: 20%

Step-by-step explanation: You can evenly divide 20 by 5, which is four, which makes four 20% of 20. You can subtract 4 from 20 to get 16 to prove this, and keep going all the way back to 0 5 times.