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c. The price of grapefruits experienced a reduction 6.01 percentage points greater than the price of pineapples.
Step-by-step explanation:
The original price of Pineapples=$5.15
New price of Pineapples=$3.88
<u>Find change in price of Pineapples</u>
Change in price=original price- new price
The price of Pineapple was reduced by $1.27
<u>% reduction in price</u>
(reduction value/original value) × 100
=24.66%
The original price of grape fruits=$2.25
New price of grape fruits=$1.56
<u>Change in price of grape fruit</u>
Change in price= original price -new price
<u>% reduction in price of grape fruits</u>
(reduction value/original value)×100
=30.67%
<u>Answers</u>
The fruit that has its price reduced by a greater percentage is grape fruit
How many percentage points greater = 30.67%-24.66% = 6.01 points