Dylan opened a credit card account with $700.00 of available credit. Now that he has made some purchases, Dylan's account only has $581.00 of available credit. What is the percentage decrease of the amount of available credit in Dylan's account?
A.
20%
B.
17%
C.
83%

Question

Dylan opened a credit card account with $700.00 of available credit. Now that he has made some purchases, Dylan's account only has $581.00 of available credit. What is the percentage decrease of the amount of available credit in Dylan's account?
 A. 
20%
 B. 
17%
 C. 
83%

Vocaloid · Answer

% decrease = (amount decreased)/(initial amount) * 100 %

martai · Answer

wouldn't be b ?

Vocaloid · Answer

Yes.

The amount decreased from 700 to 581, so 700-581 = 119

(119 / 700)*100% = 17%

martai · Answer

ok thx (: