Question

I’m not sure how to solve it please help me!

Answer 1

33.5%

Explanation:

We have the amount in 2003 in 5799 fish and in 2014 there are there are 1943 less fish.

The percentage of change would be the difference in fish between these years divided by the initial amount of fish, just like this:

`\begin{gathered} p=(5799-(5799-1943))/(5799)\cdot100 \\ \\ p=\:(1943)/(5799)\cdot100\: \\ \\ p=33.505\cong33.5\% \end{gathered}`

This means that the percentage of change is negative since the population has decreased by 33.5%.