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Officer Brimberry wrote 8 tickets for traffic violations last week, but only 1 ticket this week. What is the percent decrease? Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

User Cbednarski
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Answer:

87.5%

Explanation:

Given:

Number of tickets written in the last week,
T_(1)=8

Number of tickets written in this month,
T_(2) =1

Difference in tickets written =
T_(2)-T_(1)=8-1=7

Percent decrease =
(T_(2)-T_(1))/(T_(1))* 100=(7)/(8)* 100=87.5

Therefore, percent decrease in tickets written is 87.5 %.

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