Question

The price of an item has dropped to $46 today yesterday was $115 find the percent decrease

Answer 1

Using cross multiply and divide the equation looks like so 46/115 next to x/100 to get an answer of 40%

Answer 2

Answer:

percent decrease = 40%

Step-by-step explanation:

The price of an item yesterday = $115

Today the price of the item has dropped to = $46

The percent decrease = $\frac{46}{115}\times 100$

                                     = 0.40 × 100

                                     = 40%

The percent decrease would be 40%.