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Each week you weigh your pet guinea pigs to make sure they are healthy.

Guinea pigs are good at hiding illness, but if you weigh them you can tell if they
are sick
Last week Max weighed 950 grams, but this week he weighed 900 grams!
Find the percent change and describe it as a percent increase or decrease.
Round to the nearest hundredth place value.

User Karfkars
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Answer:

5.26 , decrease

Explanation:

950-900=50

changed÷original×100

50÷950×100

≈5.26(Round to the nearest hundredth place)

User Dividius
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