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If a number decreases from 1000 to 835 what is the rate of decrease?

User Sbordet
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Percent decrease is
Change/original * 100
165/1000 * 100 = 16.5% decrease
User Sudhakar Krishnan
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over how long tho? if it decreases from 1000 to 835 over 30 years, then that is completely different from 10 seconds
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