Say that the economy is in a recession, which is causing the value of gold to fall by three percent. If you have gold reserves which were previously worth $8,590, how much value have you lost as a result of this recession, to the nearest cent?
Given:
Value of gold = 8,590
decrease in value = 3%
8,590 * 3% = 257.70 amount lost due to recession.
8,590 - 257.70 = 8,332.30 new value of gold.
Answer:
value we have lost as a result of this recession, to the nearest cent is:
257 dollars and 70 cents
Step-by-step explanation:
We have a gold which was worth $8590.
The value of gold fell by three percent.
Value we have lost as a result of this recession is:
3% of $8590
= \(\dfrac{3}{100}\times8590\)
= $ 257.7
1 dollar= 100 cents
257.7 dollars = 257 dollars and 70 cents
hence, value we have lost as a result of this recession, to the nearest cent is:
257 dollars and 70 cents