The price of an iPod dropped from $299.99 to $180.55. What was the percent decrease in price? (Round to nearest hundredth percen

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GaryK [48]

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The price of an iPod dropped from $299.99 to $180.55. What was the percent decrease in price? (Round to nearest hundredth percen

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ziro4ka [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-13T00:43:33+03:00

ziro4ka [17]4 years ago

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119.44 is that the whole question

anzhelika [568] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-12T23:42:05+03:00

The price dropped 299.99 - 180.55 = 119.44. So we need to find out what percentage 119.44 is of 299.99.

"119.44 is what percentage of 299.99" translates to 
119.44 = x * 299.99 

So x = 119.44 / 299.99 = about 0.3981466, which is 39.81% when rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent.