Question

A magazine has 172,500 subscribers. The records of the magazine show that each year 12% of readers fail to renew subscriptions, how many readers can the magazine expect to lose this year?

Answer 1

20,700 readers.

Explanation:

When looking for a percent of a number always put a decimal two spots to the left of the percentage number. Example: 12% turns into .12 Then take the number of something your trying to break down and times that by the .12

Example: 172,500 × .12 = 20,700