Question

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The price of a video game was reduced from $70.00 to $40.00. By what percentage was the price of the video game reduced? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

% change = (actual change) / (original price)

Answer 2

$70.00/$40.00=$1.75

Answer 3

Is that is or is there something else...I am so confuse

Answer 4

No. what was the actual change? from 70 to 40 is a change of 30
what was the original price? 70
to get correct answers, read things carefully.

Answer 5

I try my best, but I have trouble understanding things and that's why I came to Jiskha, this is my first time

Answer 6

So, do I divide 70/30?

Answer 7

The priced changed from 70 to 40. So, the % change is
(40-70)/70 = -30/70 = -0.43 or -43%
The negative value means that the price decreased. We didn't really need that for this problem, since we already knew that the change was a decrease. In other exercises, though, it may not be obvious at first, and your answer will have to reflect whether the change was positive or negative.

Answer 8

confused.

Answer 9

I divided 40/70 and got 0.57 or 57%. Idk