Question

A movie theater decreased the size of its popcorn bags by 20%. If the old bags held 15 cups of popcorn, how much do the new bags hold

Answer 1

Your answer will be
`12` cups of popcorn.

Explanation:

To find out how much the new bags hold, you need to find out the discount.

`(20)/(100 ) = .2`

`15 * .2 = 3`

We know that the discount is
`3`.

To figure out how much the new bags hold, subtract by the old bags.

`15 - 3 = 12`

The new bags hold 12 cups of popcorn.