Question

Gabriel is the campaign manager for a candidate for governor. Through a commissioned poll, he discovers that the candidate's approval rating has changed from 80 to 64 percentage points, a drop of 16 percentage points. What was the percent change

Answer 1

Answer: The percent change was 20%.

Explanation:

Given : Gabriel is the campaign manager for a candidate for governor.

Through a commissioned poll, he discovers that the candidate's approval rating has changed from 80 to 64 percentage.

I.e. Previous percentage = 80%

New percentage = 64%

Since 64< 80 , that means the percentage of approval has been decreased.

Decrease in percentage = (Previous percentage)- (New percentage)

= 80%-64%=16%

Percent change =
`\frac{\text{Decrease in percentage}}{\text{Previous percentage}}*100`

`=(16)/(80)*100\\\\=(100)/(5)\%=20\%`

Hence, the percent change was 20%.