One year, the population of a city was 152,000. Several years later it was 130,720. Find the percent decrease.

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Answer: 14%

Step-by-step explanation: Take 130,720 and divide it by 152,000.

After that, you notice you get 0.86. What this means is that the difference is going to be .14, or 14%.

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