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?
Find 3% of the original value: 0.03 × $8,590 = $257.70. So the value lost is $257.70, which is choice C.
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