The regular price of a pair of sneakers is $80. They are on sale now for $50. What is the percent decrease in the price of sneakers?

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  37.5% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

The percentage change is given by the formula ...

  pct change = ((new price) -(original price))/(original price) × 100%

  = (50 -80)/80 × 100%

  = -3/8 × 100% = -37.5%

The negative sign indicates a decrease.

The decrease in price is 37.5%.

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.