Question

The consumption of a vegetable has decreased. The consumption per capita in 2000 was 28.2 pounds and in 2010, the consumption dropped to 15.5 pounds. Find the percent decrease. Round to the nearest 10th of the percent.

Answer 1

StepThe actual reduction is 28.1 - 11.7 = 16.4-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

well, if we take that 28.2lbs is the 100%,
then it went down to 15.5lbs,
how much, in percentage is 15.5?

well
`\bf \begin{array}{ccllll} amount&\%\\ \textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash&\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\\ 28.2&100\\ 15.5&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{28.2}{15.5}=\cfrac{100}{x}`

solve for "x"