Question

Last year at a certain high school, there were 110 boys on

the honor roll and 75 girls on the honor roll. This year, the
number of boys on the honor roll decreased by 20% and the
number of girls on the honor roll decreased by 4%. By what
percentage did the total number of students on the honor
roll decrease? Round your answer to the nearest tenth (if
necessary).

Answer 1

.86486486 percent but round it

Answer 2

13.5 if you round it

Explanation:

Find the new amount of people who got the honor role and subtract that from the total. 185-160=25....which is 13.5% of 1185