The beach shop sold 12 skim boards on Saturday, and 9 on Sunday. What is the percent of decrease from Saturday to Sunday? (Need full explanation please)

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Answer:

25% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

The percentage decrease is the change in quantity divided by the original quantity with which we are comparing it to.

We can use a formula shown below:

Percentage Decrease = [tex]\frac{New-Old}{Old}[/tex] * 100

Where

New is the newest value (9)

Old is the previous value (12)

So, substituting, we get:

[tex]\frac{9-12}{12}=-\frac{3}{12}=-\frac{1}{4}*100=-25[/tex]

So the percentage decrease is 25% decrease (or simply -25%)