Question

What is the percent decrease from 350 to 70?

Answer 1

What is the amount decrease? That's where you need to start.

Show your work.

Answer 2

i first started with this 350-70=280

Answer 3

and then I divided 70/280=4

Answer 4

Great going .... I like how this is proceeding

Answer 5

thanks

Answer 6

Sorry, it is a little distracting, sometimes, responding to creepers and other inappropriate people and getting them out of OpenStudy.

% Change requires a BASE. Start at the base and use the base for EVERYTHING.

What is the AMOUNT of change: 350 - 70 = 280

See how that started at the BASE?

What is the percent change? 280 / 350 = ??

See how that is compared to the BASE?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

And the answer is....???

Answer 9

i got 1.25

Answer 10

please tell me if I am right

Answer 11

?? How did you get that? Did you evaluate 280/350 and then make it a percent?

Answer 12

oh i divided

Answer 13

oops

Answer 14

ok is it 4/5
ok i am getting confused

Answer 15

how do you do this

Answer 16

is it 125%

Answer 17

80%

Answer 18

You should only make comparisons with the original value, which is 350

Answer 19

So, 350-70 shows how much change occurs.
Then you compare this change to the original value, so:
(350-70)/350 = 0.8 = 80%

Answer 20

um i already did the test sorry