document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=193016>Question 193016</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780077214562/algebrahomeworkh>Practical Business Math Procedures</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fuel inventories were lower than last year according to the San Francisco Chronicle dated February 24, 2007. This year there are 38.6 million barrels of inventory, a 9.72 percent drop.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a)	What was the amount of inventory last year to nearest tenth?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	_____million\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b)	What was the amount of the decrease?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	_____million </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #145023 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=145023\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x be the amount of inventory last year<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-.0972x=38.6 million<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".9028x=38.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=42.76 or 42.8 million to the nearest tenth<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the decrease is 42.8-38.6=4.2 million </SPAN>\n" );
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