Question

A skateboard was reduced in price from $50 to $43. What was the percent decrease?

Answer 1

(Decrease / Original Price) x 100

Answer 2

What is the "Decrease" ?

Answer 3

thats what im trying to find out

Answer 4

The decrease is just how much the price went down.
The price went down by ______ dollars. That's your decrease.

Answer 5

the options are:
16%
14%
7%
2%

Answer 6

Your original price is 50

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

So how much did the price go down?

Answer 9

7

Answer 10

Yes. Now plug that into the formula:
% Decrease = (Decrease / Original Price) x 100

Answer 11

so its 14% ?

Answer 12

correct.

Answer 13

thankssss