Question

Last year, a French restaurant used 788,910 ounces of cream. This year, due to a menu

update, the restaurant used 157,782 ounces of cream. By what percentage did the
restaurant's annual cream usage decrease?,

Answer 1

80%

Step-by-step explanation:

First, you can find out what percentage of last year's cream was used this year by dividing last year's amount by the updated amount.

157,782/788910 = 0.2

Then multiply that by 100 to get the percentage.

0.2 x 100 = 20

This means only 20% of the cream was used compared to last year's and therefore there must have been an 80% decrease.