Question

One year, the population of a city was 330,000. Several years later it was

270,600. Find the percent decrease.
HELP ASAP

Answer 1

18%

Explanation:

Express the ending population as a percentage of the starting population:

270000 divided by 330000=0.82

0.82 *100=82

subtract from the 100% we started with to get the percent decrease:

100% - 82% = 18

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