Answer:
To find out how many service businesses remain open after 14 percent of them close, you can use the following calculation:
1. Calculate the number of businesses that close:
Number of businesses that close = 14% of 1,569,240
Number of businesses that close = 0.14 * 1,569,240
2. Subtract the number of businesses that close from the total number of businesses to find how many remain open:
Number of businesses that remain open = Total number of businesses - Number of businesses that close
Number of businesses that remain open = 1,569,240 - (0.14 * 1,569,240)
Now, calculate this:
Number of businesses that remain open ≈ 1,569,240 - 219,278.4
Number of businesses that remain open ≈ 1,349,961.6
So, approximately 1,349,962 service businesses remain open after 14 percent of them close.