Question

pair of shoes is offered on a special blowout sale. The original price of the shoe is reduced from $50 to $20. What is the percent change in the price of the shoe? Also explain how you got the answer.

Answer 1

Do you know how to do percent of change?

Answer 2

All you have to do is subtract 50 from 20. What do you get?

Answer 3

30

Answer 4

Did the price increase or decrease?

Answer 5

You aren't done!

Answer 6

decreased

Answer 7

i know that

Answer 8

Okay, you have to divide 30 from 50, because 50 is the highest number in the word problem. :)

Answer 9

What do you get?

Answer 10

60

Answer 11

Correct, but you actually get 0.6, so that would actually be 60% decreased. :)

Answer 12

The answer-----60% decreased

Answer 13

Got it?

Answer 14

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Answer 15

Ok, thx. :)