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Due to an economic downturn, a company had to decrease its staff from 48 employees to 24 employees. What was the percentage decrease in staff?

Due to an economic downturn, a company had to decrease its staff from 48 employees to 24 employees. What was the percentage decrease in staff?
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Due to an economic downturn, a company had to decrease its staff from 48 employees to 24 employees. What was the percentage decrease in staff?

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The percentage is %50
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User Hector Sanchez
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we get that the decrease percentage is


(48-24)/(48)\cdot100=(24)/(48)\cdot100=50\text{ \%}

so the percentage of decrease is 50%

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