SOLUTION: A company's sales in Seattle were $410,000 in 2012, while their sales in Portland were $295,000 for the same year. Complete the following statements:
a. Seattle's sales were % l
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a. Seattle's sales were % l
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Question 936428: A company's sales in Seattle were $410,000 in 2012, while their sales in Portland were $295,000 for the same year. Complete the following statements:
a. Seattle's sales were % larger than Portland's.
b. Portland sales were % smaller than Seattle's.
c. Portland sales were % of Seattle's.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! These are hard to read ( for me also )
You almost have to rewrite them to
understand.
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For (a), I would say: " I an first looking at Portland's
sales, and then I want to compare Seattle's sales
with Portland's. So what I'm looking for is:
( Seattle's sales - Portland's sales ) / ( Portland's sales ) about 39%
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(b) I am looking at Seattle's sales, and I want to compare
Portland's sales to Seattle's. I want to look at:
( Seattle's sales - Portland's sales ) / ( Seattle's sales ) about 28%
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(c) You are not looking at differences here- it's just a
straight comparison. The fraction you need is:
( Portland's sales ) / ( Seattle's sales ) about 139%
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Get other opinion's, too. If a teacher contradicts me,
then go with the teacher. I think I'm right, though
