QUESTION 4
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The price of a printer was reduced from $$ 400$ to $$ 300$ . What was the percent of decrease?
$75 %$
$33.3 %$
$25 %$
$30 %$

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$Percent of Decrease = 25 %$

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Step 1 ： $Decrease = Original Price - Reduced Price = 400 - 300$

Step 2 ： $Decrease = 100$

Step 3 ： $Percent of Decrease = \frac{Decrease}{Original Price} \times 100 % = \frac{100}{400} \times 100 %$

Step 4 ： $Percent of Decrease = 25 %$