The price of gasoline decreased from $1.60 per gallon to $1.44 per gallon. By what percentage did the price of gasoline decrease?

Answer 1

To find the percent decrease, you can subtract the final price from the original price and divide by the original price OR:

(Original price - final price)/ original price

($1.60 - 1.44) / $1.60= 0.16 / 1.60 = 0.10

0.10 is percent form is 10%