Question

Over a ten-year period, the enrollment was at a high of 4500students and a low of 2532 students. What is the percent changefrom the highest to lowest enrollment? Round your answer to thenearest tenth of a percent.Answer: 43.7%

Answer 1

We are looking for a percentage change. The formula for a percentage change is:

`\begin{gathered} (|P_2-P_1|)/(P_1)*100\text{ \%} \\ \text{Where:} \\ P_1=\text{Base values = 4500} \\ P_2=\text{Comparison value = 2532} \end{gathered}`

Executing, we have:

`\begin{gathered} (|2532-4500|)/(4500)*100\text{ \%} \\ (1968)/(4500)*100\text{ \%} \\ =43.73\text{ \%}\approx43.7\text{ \%} \end{gathered}`

There was a percentage 43.7%