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Answer:
1) <em><u>26.</u></em><em><u>1</u></em><em><u>% increase</u></em>
2) <em><u>20% decrease</u></em>
Work:
1)
-subtract the larger # from the smaller # to figure out what the change was.
-divide 2.3 by the orriginal ammount (8.8) to find your answer as a decimal
-take 0.261 and multiply it by 100 to have your answer as a percent
-if the original number increased than it is percent increase and if the original number decreased than it is percent decrease
2)
-subtract the larger # from the smaller # to figure out what the change was.
-divide 2.3 by the orriginal ammount (15) to find your answer as a decimal
-take 0.2 and multiply it by 100 to have your answer as a percent
-if the original number increased than it is percent increase and if the original number decreased than it is percent decrease
Answer:
Catherine's sister ate 2/15 gallons of the ice cream.
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let be the amount of ice cream that Catherine's sister ate, in gallons.
- Original amount: 1 gallon.
- What Catherine ate:
gallons.
- What Catherine's sister ate is assumed to be
gallons.
- What's left:
gallons.
Consider the relationship:
.
That is:
.
Add to both sides of this equation:
Substract from both sides:
.
Convert the denominator of all three numbers on the left-hand side to
.
.
In other words, Catherine's sister ate gallons of the ice cream.