document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200666>Question 1200666</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company's sales in Seattle were $360,000 in 2012, while their sales in Portland were $245,000 for the same year. Complete the following statements:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Seattle's sales were _______ % larger than Portland's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Portland sales were ________% smaller than Seattle's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Portland sales were _________% of Seattle's.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Give answers accurate to at least one decimal place. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sales in portland were 245,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it pays to find the difference.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that difference can then be applied to the smaller sales figure to get the prercnt increase, or applied to the larger sales figure to get the percent decrease.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the difference is 115,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it is that mauch more than the sales in portland, and that much less than the sales in seattle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Seattle's sales were what percent larger than portland's?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "115,000 / 245,000 = .469 * 100 = 46.9 % larger than portland's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "percent larger means what percent of the lower sales figure was the increase.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Portland sales were what percent smaller than seattle's?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "115,000 / 360,000 = .319 * 100 = 31.9% smaller than seattle's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "percent smaller means what percent of the larger sales figure was the decrease.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Portland sales were what percent of Seattle's?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "245000 / 360000 =.681 * 100 = 68.1% of seattle's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you don't need the increase or the decrease here.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you just need the total figures.\r<BR>\n" );
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