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Officer Brimberry wrote 8 tickets for traffic violations last week, but only 7 tickets this week. What is the percent decrease? Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Officer Brimberry wrote 8 tickets for traffic violations last week, but only 7 tickets this week. What is the percent decrease? Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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The answer is ten percent.
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about 12%. you have to subtract 8 by 7 which = 1. Then you would divide one by 8 which is the original number. This would give you .125 which is better to just put as 12%.
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