What is the percent of decrease from 5.9 to 4.7?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent and include a percent sign (%).
To find the percent of decrease, we need to calculate the difference between the original value and the new value, divide it by the original value, and then multiply by 100.
The difference between 5.9 and 4.7 is 5.9 - 4.7 = 1.2.
Dividing 1.2 by 5.9 and multiplying by 100 gives (1.2 / 5.9) * 100 ≈ 20.3.
Therefore, the percent of decrease from 5.9 to 4.7 is approximately 20.3%.