SOLUTION: If I start out with $103 in my bank account yesterday and today I have $78 by what percent did the money in my account decrease?

SOLUTION: If I start out with $103 in my bank account yesterday and today I have $78 by what percent did the money in my account decrease?

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Question 600685: If I start out with $103 in my bank account yesterday and today I have $78 by what percent did the money in my account decrease?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Percent Decrease = [(Old - New)/Old] * 100

Percent Decrease = [(103-78)/103] * 100

Percent Decrease = [25/103] * 100

Percent Decrease = 0.242718446601942 * 100

Percent Decrease = 24.2718446601942%
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