Question

Last year, 2,376 people attended the chili supper. This year's attendance was 2,950. What is the percent of change in the attendance to the nearest whole percent?

Answer 1

Percentage Change = 24%

Explanation:

Given

Last year attendance: 2,376

This year attendance: 2,950

Required

Percentage change (to the nearest whole percent)

To calculate percentage change of any given data, we follow the following steps

• First, we calculate the difference between the data.
• Then, we divide the difference by the previous or initial data

This can be represented as follows

`Percentage Change = (Difference)/(Initial Value.) * 100`%

In this case;

Initilal Value = Last year attendance

Initilal Value = 2,376

New Value = This year attendance

New Value = 2,950

Difference = 2,950 - 2,376

Difference = 574

Percentage Change =
`(574)/(2376) * 100`%

Percentage Change = 0.2415824 * 100%

Percentage Change = 24.15824%

Percentage Change = 24% (Approximated to nearest percent)