SOLUTION: Ishaan has 92 dollars in the bank today. Yesterday, he had 112 dollars in the bank. By what percentage did Ishaan's bank account decrease over the past day? (Round your answer to t

Question 624408: Ishaan has 92 dollars in the bank today. Yesterday, he had 112 dollars in the bank. By what percentage did Ishaan's bank account decrease over the past day? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.)
Found 2 solutions by rfer, josmiceli:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
112-92=20
20/112=0.1786=17.86%
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
92 is a decrease of 20 from 112

Ishaan's bank account decreased by 17.86%

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