A concert ticket that originally cost $18.50 is on sale for $14.00. What is the percent of decrease, rounded to the nearest tenth?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-30T20:04:31

The decrease is #24.3%#

Percentage loss, profit, increase, decrease, discount or mark-up are all calculated in exactly the same way:

#%" change" = ("change")/("original") xx 100%#

The difference between the original price and the sale price is

#$18.50-$14.00 = $4.50# (This is the change)

#4.50/18.50 xx 100%#

=#24.32%#

=#24.3%#