At the store opening, Larry's Grocery had 50 Lemons and 60 Oranges. By closing, the store at 20 Lemons and 40 Oranges left. By approximately what percent did the ratio of Lemons to Orange decrease from opening to closing.	Choose the correct choice from the following options:
A) 50.0 % B) 40.0 % C) 30.0 % D) 20.0 % E) 10.0 %

Rationale: opening : lemons / oranges = 50 / 60 = 100 / 120 closing : lemons / oranges = 20 / 40 = 60 / 120 aside : it ' s useful to write both ratios with the same denominator . this allows us to ignore the denominator and focus solely on the numerators . so , our ratio went from 100 / 120 to 60 / 120 ignoring the denominators , we went from 100 to 60 the percent change = 100 ( difference in values ) / ( original value ) = ( 100 ) ( 100 - 60 ) / 100 = ( 100 ) ( 40 ) / 100 ) = 40 answer : b
Answer: B