Question

The table shows the number of candid pictures of students for the yearbook for two consecutive years. Year Number of Photos 2015 236 2016 214 What was the percent of decrease in the number of candid student pictures from 2015 to 2016, rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

The answer is 9.3%.

Answer 2

The percentage decrease in the number candid student pictures for the yearbook from 2015 to 2016 is approximately 9.3 percent

Explanation:

The given data can be presented as follows

Year
`{}` Number of Photos

2015
`{}` 236

2016
`{}` 214

The percentage decrease in the number of candid pictures is give by the following formula

`Percentage \ Decrease = (Original \ Value- New \ Value)/(Original \ Value) * 100`

Where;

Original value for the number of pictures = 236

New value for the number of pictures = 214

Substituting the values into the equation for the percentage decrease gives;

`Percentage \ Decrease = (236- 214)/(236) * 100 = (550)/(59) \ percent\approx 9.3 \%`

The percentage decrease is approximately 9.3 percent.