Question

A movie theater decreased the size of its popcorn bags by 20%. If the old bags held 15 cups of popcorn, how much do the new bags hold

Answer 1

Answer:

Your answer will be $12$ cups of popcorn.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much the new bags hold, you need to find out the discount.

$\frac{20}{100 } = .2$

$15 * .2 = 3$

We know that the discount is $3$.

To figure out how much the new bags hold, subtract by the old bags.

$15 - 3 = 12$

The new bags hold 12 cups of popcorn.