The price of a gallon of unleaded gas has dropped to 2.84 today. Yesterday's price was 2.89. Find the percentage decrease. Round

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your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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goldfiish [28.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-12-23T05:53:08+03:00

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Answer: Answer: 2.1 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Decrease = initial price - final price

% decrease = [ (initial price - final price) / initial price ] *100

% decrease =[ (2.89 - 2.83) / 2.89] * 100 = 2.08, which can be rounded to 2.1