OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e §6.2 Solve General Applications of Percent · Exercise 45 · Algebra · Algebra word problems

Solve General Applications of Percent · Exercise 45

Find the percent increase or percent decrease.

Hernando's salary was $\$ \text{49},\text{500} $l a s t y e a r . T hi sy e a r hi ss a l a r y w a sc u tt o$ $\text{44},\text{055}.$ Find the percent decrease.

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