Question

Richard’s store sells pineapples and grapefruits. Pineapples originally cost $5.15 apiece, and grapefruits originally cost $2.25 apiece. Richard reduced the prices to $3.88 for a pineapple and $1.56 for a grapefruit. Which fruit had its price reduced by a greater percent, and how many percentage points greater was that reduction than the other? Round to two decimal places. (Express your answer in percentage points; for example, 15% is 3 percentage points greater than 12%.) a. The price of pineapples experienced a reduction 5.99 percentage points greater than the price of grapefruits. b. The price of pineapples experienced a reduction 19.90 percentage points greater than the price of grapefruits. c. The price of grapefruits experienced a reduction 6.01 percentage points greater than the price of pineapples. d. The price of grapefruits experienced a reduction 11.50 percentage points greater than the price of pineapples.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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c. The price of grapefruits experienced a reduction 6.01 percentage points greater than the price of pineapples.

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The original price of Pineapples=$5.15

New price of Pineapples=$3.88

Find change in price of Pineapples

Change in price=original price- new price

$=5.15-3.88=1.27$

The price of Pineapple was reduced by $1.27

% reduction in price

(reduction value/original value) × 100

$=\frac{1.27}{5.15} *100=24.66$

=24.66%

The original price of grape fruits=$2.25

New price of grape fruits=$1.56

Change in price of grape fruit

Change in price= original price -new price

$=2.25-1.56=0.69$

% reduction in price of grape fruits

(reduction value/original value)×100

$=\frac{0.69}{2.25} *100=30.67$

=30.67%

Answers

The fruit that has its price reduced by a greater percentage is grape fruit

How many percentage points greater = 30.67%-24.66% = 6.01 points