Question

A handbag originally cost $85.00. Now it is priced at $68.00. What is the percent of decrease?

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Answer 1

@Nixy

Answer 2

first work out the decrease in $

i.e. original price - new price

post the value here...

Answer 3

@They_Call_Me_Narii
post the difference in price here

I can then help you work out the % change

Answer 4

85.00-68.00=17.00

Answer 5

Yes, first work out the decrease and we do that by subtracting the the new prices from the original.

$85.00 - $68.00 =

After getting the difference from above you need to divide the decrease by the original cost and multiply by 100

So we have

\( \huge \frac{(85.00 - 68.00)}{85.00} \times 100 = ? \)

Answer 6

ok

so to work out the percentage you need this formula;

change in price *100
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Original price

(that is "divided by")

Answer 7

Also, it will look like this too

\( \huge \frac{17}{85.00} \times 100 = ? \)

Answer 8

\[\frac{ 1700 }{ 8500 }\]