A grocery store reduced the price of a loaf of bread from $3.20 to
$3.09. Find the percent change (discount rate). Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A grocery store reduced the price of a loaf of bread from $3.80 to $3.67. Find the percent change (discount rate). Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
2 answers
discount rate = change divided by original price:
(3.80-3.67)/3.80 = 0.0342 = 3.4%
(3.80-3.67)/3.80 = 0.0342 = 3.4%