Question

The radio station usually plays 116,800 songs in a year. Last year there was a 16% decrease in the number of songs played. What was the amount of songs played on the radio station last year?

Answer 1

Number of songs played last year = 98,112 songs

Explanation:

Given:

Number of songs played = 116,800

Decrees songs = 16% = 0.16

Find:

Number of songs played last year

Computation:

Number of songs played last year = Number of songs played[1-Decrees songs]

Number of songs played last year = 116,800[1-0.16]

Number of songs played last year = 98,112 songs