Question

Last year 225 students attended the annual school dance at CCMS. This year 211 students attended the dance. Find the percent of decrease.

Answer 1

17.25%.

Explanation:

We have been given that last ear 225 students attended the annual school dance at CCMS. This year 211 students attended the dance. We are asked to find the percent of decrease.

We will use percent decrease formula to solve our given problem as:

`\text{Percent decrease}=\frac{|\text{Final - Original}|}{\text{Original}}* 100\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}=(|211-255|)/(255)* 100\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}=(|-44|)/(255)* 100\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}=(44)/(255)* 100\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}=0.1725490* 100\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}=17.25490\%`

`\text{Percent decrease}\approx 17.25\%`

Therefore, percent decrease is approximately 17.25%.