SOLUTION: Jan diets for two months and goes from 145 to 130 pounds. Find the percent of increase or decrease to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Question 1123030: Jan diets for two months and goes from 145 to 130 pounds. Find the percent of increase or decrease to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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We have decrease in this case, and the percent of decrease is = 10.3%

Ignore writing by @josgaritmeticm since it is incorrect (as almost always).

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