Question

a car that originally costs $17,000 is reduced to $15,500. what is the percent of decrease? round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

a car that originally costs $17,000

Reduced price = $15500

So the percent of decrease

`\begin{gathered} D=(17000-15500)/(17000)*100 \\ D=(1500)/(17000)*100 \\ D=8.82 \end{gathered}`

So the decrease is 8.82%