The price of a cup of coffee was $2.75 yesterday. Today, the price fell to $2.40, Find the percentage decrease. (( Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.))

Question

anonymous · Answer

divide the difference by original price 
.35/2.45= 1428571429 
then times by 100 
1428571429*100 = 14.258..........
rounded 
14%

jhonyy9 · Answer

2,75 ----- 100%
2,40 ----- x%
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 x = 2,40*100 /2,75 = 87,27 

100%-87,30% = 12,7 % rounded 13%