Laketown had 215 inches of snowfall last year, but only 155 inches this year.

What was the percent decrease in snowfall for Laketown to the nearest percent?

A.
28%

B.
39%

C.
72%

D.
139%

Question

Laketown had 215 inches of snowfall last year, but only 155 inches this year.
 
What was the percent decrease in snowfall for Laketown to the nearest percent?
 
 A.
28%
 
 B.
39%
 
 C.
72%
 
 D.
139%

anonymous · Answer

@MrNood  @sammixboo

sammixboo · Answer

Sorry for no response o_O Was helping a user with a suspended account.

ANYWAYS

To solve this all I think you need to do is divide 215/155 

Let me do some research

sammixboo · Answer

Wait wait

sammixboo · Answer

Wouldn't you subtract 215-155 and divide your answer by 215?

mrnood · Answer

no that is not right
first work out the DIFFERENCE in snowfall - how many inches LESS this year?

sammixboo · Answer

Jeez I always hated these kind of questions

sammixboo · Answer

LOL Not sure why

sammixboo · Answer

Anyways, I believe that's what you do.

mrnood · Answer

@sammixboo 
yes you are partly right now ( I posted before you corrected) but to convert to percent you then need ot multiply by 100

sammixboo · Answer

Correct. Then just throw on a percent sign and that's your answer. Tell us what you get, Hotch :)

anonymous · Answer

60%

sammixboo · Answer

Not quite. What is 215-155?

anonymous · Answer

60

sammixboo · Answer

Yes, now oyu want to divide 60 by 215, so what is 60/215?

anonymous · Answer

0.27

sammixboo · Answer

It's rounded to 0.28. Now what's 0.28 as a percent?

anonymous · Answer

28%

sammixboo · Answer

Right :) That's your answer

anonymous · Answer

@nmva im tagging myself so if i need help doing questions like this i can relate back to this