Question

The price of a gallon of gas dropped from the summer high price of $3.65 to the winter low price of $2.54. What is the percent of change in the cost of gas?

Answer 1

Answer:

30.411% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

30.4%

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the percent change formula:

(difference / original) x 100

Find the difference:

3.65 - 2.54

= 1.11

Then, plug in the difference and original:

(difference / original) x 100

(1.11 / 3.65) x 100

= 30.4

So, the percent change in the cost of gas is 30.4%