Question

The price of a notebook was $3.35 yesterday. Today, the price fell to $3.10 . Find the percentage decrease. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

$3.90 -$3.40 =$0.5($0.5/$3.90 )=(x/100)    (  0.5*100)=3.4x                 x =50/3.9                  x=12.8205 percent

Answer 2

(3.10/3.35)-1*-1=0.07462686567 So the percantage decrease to the nearest tenth is 7.4% 3.35 x 0.07462686567= .25 ^ The price difference which is 25cents