In January 2012, gas was selling for $3.60 a gallon. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded dropped to $3.50 on February 11, 2012. What was the percent decrease?

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anonymous · Answer

Round to 3%?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

3.50/3.60=.97222(repeating) so if you would round it then it decreased by 3%

anonymous · Answer

okay so I understand how you got .972222 but how did you get 3% from that? I'm sorry i'm awful with %'s

anonymous · Answer

So 3.50 is 97% of 3.6 so it decreased by 3%. Still don't understand?

anonymous · Answer

oh i see now! thank you so much

anonymous · Answer

the homework says to round to the nearest hundredth, so what would that be?

anonymous · Answer

3% im pretty sure