SOLUTION: The cost of a computer decreases from $1500 to $1200 after 3 months. Find the percent decrease? Could someone please help????

Question 27351: The cost of a computer decreases from $1500 to $1200 after 3 months. Find the percent decrease?
Could someone please help????
Answer by Z(8) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First calculate how much the cost actually decreased. $1500-$1200=$300
Now you want to figure out $300 is what percent of $1500 (your original cost) so you divide $300 by $1500 and get 0.2
Multiply 0.2 by 100 to turn it into a percent, and you find out that your computer's cost decreased 20%.
RELATED QUESTIONS
story problem "yuck" The cost of a computer decreases from $2500 to $1200 after 3... (answered by fractalier)

Hello to all,I had some questions that I need help with and I do thank whoever can help... (answered by stanbon)

Jan diets for two months and goes from 145 to 130 pounds. Find the percent of increase or (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)

The price of a computer was reduced from $900 to $700. What is the percent of... (answered by checkley77)

HEY! I am having a TON of problems w// Percent problems...could someone please help me?!? (answered by longjonsilver)

I need help with this word problem. After 8 months of use, the value of Kathy's... (answered by stanbon,Earlsdon)

If a number decreases from 1300 to 900 then find the percentage... (answered by checkley79)

A business ordered 3 keyboards and a monitor from a computer company, HiTech, and sent in (answered by ReadingBoosters)

The cost of transistor decreases from Rs.400 to rs.380. What is the percentage of... (answered by Maths68)