Question

tahira's weight decreased from 75kg to 60kg. find percentage decrease

Answer 1

Decrease in weight = 75 - 60 = 15kg
Initial weight = 75
Percentage Decrease = 15/75 * 100
Percentage Decrease = 20%

Answer 2

Given : Tahira's weight decreased from 75kg to 60kg.

To find : The percentage decrease.

Solution :

20% weight has been decreased.

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

First of all, we have to calculate the total amount of weight decrease.

Amount of weight decrease = Initial weight - Present weight = (75-60) = 15 kg

Now, we can calculate the percentage decrease.

Percentage decrease = 100 × (Amount of decrease/Initial weight) = 100 × (15/75) = 20%

(This percentage will be considered as the final result.)

Hence, 20% weight has been decreased.