1. Finding Percent of Change
COURSE 2 LESSON 6-8
Finding Percent of Change
Find the percent of discount for a $74.99 tent that is discounted to $48.75.
74.99 – = Find the amount of the discount.
= Write the proportion.
26.24
74.99 n
100
74.99n = 26.24(100) Find the cross products.
74.99n
74.99
26.24(100)
= Divide each side by
n Simplify.
The percent of discount for the tent is 35%.
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2. Finding Percent of Change
COURSE 2 LESSON 6-8
Finding Percent of Change
Find each percent of change and round to the nearest tenth.
State whether it is an increase or decrease.
1. 10 to to 76
3. 36 to to 82
150% increase
20% decrease
16.7% decrease
17.1% increase
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