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erastova [34]
3 years ago
10

the price of a gallon of unleaded gas was $2.86 yesterday. today, the price fell to $2.79. find the percent decrease. round answ

er to the nearest tenth of a percent
Mathematics
1 answer:
soldier1979 [14.2K]3 years ago
3 0
So.. 2.86 - 2.79 is the amount in decrease or 0.07

so.. if we take 2.86 as the 100%, how much is 0.07 of that in percentage?

well \bf \begin{array}{ccllll}
amount&\%\\
\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash&\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\\
2.86&100\\
0.07&x
\end{array}\implies \cfrac{2.86}{0.07}=\cfrac{100}{x}

solve for "x"
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