1. The information, given in the problem, that you need to solve it, is:
- A steel bar that originally weighed 15.62 pounds.
- Then it weighs 14.48 pounds.
2. Therefore:
15.62 pounds-----100%
14.48 pounds-----x
x=(14.48)(100)/15.62
x=92.70%
3. Now, you must substract both percents:
=100%-92.70%
=10.38%
The answer is: 7.3%
