this year's sales of Charmin toilet tissue are $1.052 billion. If this is a decrease in sales of 204% from last year, find last year's sales. Round to the nearest thousandth of a billion. After this i have one more problem and then i'll be thru.
2006-07-03 11:24:40 · 4 answers · asked by satchmo s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
sorry not copy correctly. it is not 204%. instead, it is 2.4%
2006-07-03 12:02:05 · update #1
is it 20.4 or 204...if 204 ur answer will be negative..
for 20.4 answer wil be:
1.052/(1-.204) =1.3216 billion
2006-07-03 11:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by Vivek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If sales were down 100% -- then you would have zero sales.
If they were down 204%, then you couldn't have positive sales. Did you copy the problem incorrectly?
2006-07-03 18:37:16 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.052 billion for just one brand? lotsa poop-heads in this country.
2006-07-03 18:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3.199 billion for last year's sales--is this correct?
2006-07-03 19:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋