PLEASE SOLVE :( In the city of Anywhere, there were 315 crimes in 2016. In 2017, there were 219 crimes, what was the percent decrease in crimes to the nearest tenth of a percent? (Show your work)

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PLEASE SOLVE :(

In the city of Anywhere, there were 315 crimes in 2016. In 2017, there were 219 crimes, what was the percent decrease in crimes to the nearest tenth of a percent? (Show your work)

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Answer:

Use ratio

315:100

219:x

319x=21900

x=21900/319

x= 68.65

100-68.65= 31.34

So basically a 30% decrease

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Brunette answered Jul 18, 2022

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