Question

Holly had $5,000 in her bank account. She withdrew $800 to buy a new bike. What is the percent decrease in the balance of her account?
The percent decrease is 1.6%.
The percent decrease is 16%.
The percent decrease is 84%.
The percent decrease is 120%.

Answer 1

Hello, welcome to QuestionCove o:
We can do this by process of elimination for this question. The percent decrease is just the percent that is subtracted. 800 is for sure not 120% of 5,000. So D is eliminated.
84% would mean that 800 is more than half of 5,000 so C would be eliminated as well.
As for A, 1.6% is way too small for that to be the percent decrease so you can eliminate A as well.

Sorry if you don't like the elimation process
You could always just divide 5,000 by the percentages to see which one equals 800 if that's easier
If my elimation was confusing I apologize

Answer 2

thank you!