Question

Pieces of Mail. The number of pieces of mail

handled by the U.S. Postal Service decreased from

212 billion in 2007 to 168 billion in 2011. What is the

percent decrease?

Answer 1

20.8%

Explanation:

The number of the pieces of mail handled by the U.S postal service decreased from 212,000,000,000 to 168,000,000

Therefore the percentage decrease can be calculated as follows

= 212,000,000,000-168,000,000,000

= 44,000,000,000/212,000,000,000 × 100

= 0.2075 × 100

= 20.8 %

Hence the percentage decrease is 20.8%