QUESTION 5
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The price of a printer was reduced from $ \$ 400 $ to $ \$ 300 $. What was the percent of decrease?
$ 25 \% $
$ 75 \% $
$ 30 \% $
$ 33.3 \% $

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$ \text{Percent of decrease} = \frac{\$ 100}{\$ 400} \times 100 \% = 25 \% $

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Step 1 ：$ \text{Decrease} = \$ 400 - \$ 300 = \$ 100 $

Step 2 ：\( \text{Percent of decrease} = \frac{\text{Decrease}}{\text{Original price}} \times 100 \%

Step 3 ：$ \text{Percent of decrease} = \frac{\$ 100}{\$ 400} \times 100 \% = 25 \% $