Question

The price of a house is originally listed at $190,000. The owners are having a hard time selling it and decide to reduce the price to $178,600. What is the percentage decrease of the price of the house?

a 0.6%
b 94%
c 6%
d 11.4%

Answer 1

@DarkBlueChocobo

Answer 2

@Mimi_x3

Answer 3

178600 / 190000 = ?

Answer 4

The decrease in price is the original price minus the new price. Once you know what that number is, you can find out what the percentage of decrease is using a proportion.

So ask yourself what is the whole amount and with is the part.

\[\frac{ part }{ whole }= \frac{ percentage of decrease }{ 100% }\]