Question

The temperature dropped from 75 degrees to 50 degrees. What was the percent decrease in the temperature?

Answer 1

25

Answer 2

No, That's wrong.

Answer 3

how?

Answer 4

It has dropped 1/3 of the temperature, 25 degrees.

Answer 5

i got 24...

Answer 6

Think of it this way, it dropped 25 degrees, how many times does 25 go into 75?

Answer 7

the answers are 33 1/3 50 or 66 2/3

Answer 8

75-25=50

Answer 9

75-25 does equal 50, but that is not relevant to the question at all,

Answer 10

ok hold on

Answer 11

UGGGH!!
MY BRAIN!!
LOL

Answer 12

Slayer, you said one of your answers was 1/3? That one is correct.

Answer 13

yea that is correct duck

Answer 14

my bad...
lol

Answer 15

Being that we aren't working with a base 100 number, dropping 25 degrees, doesn't mean we dropped 25%.

Answer 16

so it's 75%?

Answer 17

wait no

Answer 18

No, It's 1/3. Or 33.3--%

Answer 19

...

Answer 20

thanks guys

Answer 21

Gladly.