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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$ \text{Percent of Decrease} = 25\% $

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Step 1 ：$ \text{Decrease} = \text{Original Price} - \text{Reduced Price} = 400 - 300 $

Step 2 ：$ \text{Decrease} = 100 $

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

Step 4 ：$ \text{Percent of Decrease} = 25\% $