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The company produced 150 monitors last week. After some of them were sold there were 48 monitors were left. What was the percentage decrease in the number of monitors of the company?

User Seoester
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Answer:

68% decrease

Explanation:

You use the percent change formula

Final - initial/ initial then times 100

so (48-150)/150 times 100 gives you a negative 68 percent or a 68 percent decrease

User Justin Makeig
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Answer: 68%

Explanation:

150-48=102/150=.68 x 100=68

User Aaron Chambers
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