Question

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The livestock on a small farm the prior year consisted of 40% goats, 10% cows, and 50% chickens. This year, there is a 5% decrease in goats, 9% increase in cows, and 15% increase in chickens. What is the percent increase or decrease of livestock this year?

Answer 1

1% decrease

Explanation:

year 1

goat 40%

cows 10%

chickens 50%

total 100%

year 2

goat 45%

cows 19%

chicken 35%

total 99%

100% minus 99% is 1% decrease