Finley's pumpkin had a mass of 6.5 After carving it, the pumpkin had a mass of 3.9 kg What was the percent decrease in the mass of the pumpkin?
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Given:
Mass of pumpkin(not carved) is 6.5kg or 6500g.
Mass of pumpkin(carved) is 3.5kg or 3500g.
To find:
Percentage by which the mass have decreased
Solution:
We will solve this problem using simple mathematical operation of finding percentage that is A/B × 100.
Where A is element of which we have to find percentage while B is total quantity multiplied by 100.
Therefore,
3500/6500 × 100
3500/65
53.84%
The percent decrease in the mass of pumpkin is 53.84%.
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