Question

Over the summer, Jackie played video games 3 hours per day. When school began in the fall, she only allowed to play video games for half an hour per day. What is the percent decrease? Round to the nearest percent.

Answer 1

So to find this we divide 3 by 1/2 and get 6. So, she is now only at 1/6 of her original time.1/6 is equal to .1666, and to the nearest percent that would be 17%. hope this helps and its not too late!