During a sale, a dress decreased in price from 95$ to 81%. What was the percent of the decrease?
Hi would you help me homework please?
do you mean reduced from $95 to $81?
If so, the decrease was $14
14/95 = .147 = 14.7%
Probably billed as a 15% discount
To find the percent of the decrease, we need to calculate the difference between the original price and the sale price, and then divide that difference by the original price. Finally, we multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.
Step 1: Find the difference between the original price and the sale price:
Original price = $95
Sale price = 81% of $95 = 0.81 * $95 = $76.95
Difference = Original price - Sale price
Difference = $95 - $76.95 = $18.05
Step 2: Calculate the percent decrease:
Percent decrease = (Difference / Original price) * 100
Percent decrease = ($18.05 / $95) * 100 ≈ 19.00%
Therefore, the percent of the decrease in the dress price is approximately 19.00%.