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Algebra help #2. Please hurry…?
If the price of a gallon of milk decreases from $2.89 to $2.39, what is the percent decrease in the price, to the nearest percent?
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17%. you subtract 2.39 from 2.89 to get .5
then, you divide .5/2.89 to get .173
you move the decimal 2 places to the right to get 17.3% and round to 17%
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Subtract 2.39 from 2.89 and you get .50. Divide ,50 by 2.89 and multiply this answer by 100. This will give you the answer=18%
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The best answer is 17.3%.
How did I get it?
You multiply 2.39 by 100 and then you divide the answer by 2.89. You will obtain a certain answer, you subtract this answer from 100 , and then you will obtain 17.3, which is the correct percentage.
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17 %
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60%
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17.5%
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