document.write( "Question 72448: I submitted this quite a few days ago and I thought I would resubmit it just in case I messed up or something.
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\n" ); document.write( "Business and finance. The electricity costs of a business decreased from $12,000 one year to $10,920 the next. What is the rate of decrease?
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\n" ); document.write( "12,000-10920=1080
\n" ); document.write( "Now I need to find the rate at which it decreased.
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I submitted this quite a few days ago and I thought I would resubmit it \r\n" );
document.write( "just in case I messed up or something.\r\n" );
document.write( "Solve the following application.\r\n" );
document.write( "Business and finance. The electricity costs of a business decreased from\r\n" );
document.write( "$12,000 one year to $10,920 the next. What is the rate of decrease?\r\n" );
document.write( "This is what I have done so far.\r\n" );
document.write( "12,000-10920=1080\r\n" );
document.write( "Now I need to find the rate at which it decreased.\r\n" );
document.write( "I am lost please help?\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the rate of increase or decrease, divide the amount of increase\r\n" );
document.write( "or decrease by the OLD amount.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The decrease was $1080.  The old amount was $12,000 so\r\n" );
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document.write( "1080 ÷ 12000 = .09 = 9% decrease\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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