SOLUTION: A company reduced its number of stores from 49 to 23, What was the percent decrease in the number of stores for the company? Can you tell me step by step what I need to do to an

Question 367289: A company reduced its number of stores from 49 to 23, What was the percent decrease in the number of stores for the company?
Can you tell me step by step what I need to do to answer this question, please?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
So the number of stores lost was 26, right? So
the percentage is:
26/49
This fraction is the same as 26 divided 49
53% decrease (rounded off)
Make sense?
RJ
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