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Question
Find the percentage change from the first quantity to the second:
75 kg, 60 kg
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Solution
75 kg, 60 kg
Decrease = 75 − 60 = 15 kg
Percentage decrease = `15/75xx100` = 20%
Hence, decrease = 20%
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