Question

Which best describes the percent change from 60 to 30?

Answer 1

Hint:

Percent Change = [(New - Old)/(Old)] * 100

Answer 2

that doesn't work

Answer 3

What is the "New" value?

Answer 4

30

Answer 5

What is the "old" value?

Answer 6

60

Answer 7

So

Percent Change = [(New - Old)/(Old)] * 100

becomes

Percent Change = [(30-60)/(60)] * 100

Answer 8

Tell me what you get when you compute that

Answer 9

so are saying times 60 and hundred

Answer 10

focus on (30-60)/(60) first

Answer 11

compute (30-60)/(60), then multiply this result by 100

Answer 12

wrong none of the answers match that

Answer 13

What did you get?

Answer 14

600

Answer 15

Well that's why

Answer 16

(30-60)/(60) times 100 is not 600

Answer 17

i meant 6000

Answer 18

Can you tell me what (30-60)/(60) is?

Answer 19

it's not 6000 either

Answer 20

then what is it

Answer 21

30 - 60 is???

Answer 22

30

Answer 23

more like -30

so

(30-60)/(60)

becomes

(-30)/(60)

Answer 24

Now divide -30 into 60 to get???

Answer 25

-o.5

Answer 26

good, then multiply by 100 to get the percentage

Answer 27

-50

Answer 28

good

Answer 29

so this basically means that you've had a 50% decrease when you go from 60 to 30

Answer 30

or put another way, you've taken half of 60 (which is 30) from 60 to get 60-30 = 30