SOLUTION: 1. A house was bought in 2005 for 153,000. In 2012, it was valued at 128,000. Find the percent decrease in value of the house.
round to the nearest whole number
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Question 1006168: 1. A house was bought in 2005 for 153,000. In 2012, it was valued at 128,000. Find the percent decrease in value of the house.
round to the nearest whole number Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The percent decrease is found by
(153,000 - 128,000) / 153,000 then converted to a percent...
That equals .1634 or 16% to the nearest percent.
