Question

Miss smith drives 34 miles to school this year. last year she drove 43 miles to school. what is the percent decrease? round nearest whole number?

Answer 1

Step 1

Define Percentage increase

$=\frac{final\text{ amount - intial amount}}{in\text{itial amount }}\times100$

Final amount = 43 miles

Initial amount = 34 miles

Therefore, the percentage increase is given as

$\begin{gathered} \frac{43-34}{34}\times100 \\ =\text{ }\frac{9}{34}\times100 \\ =26.4706percent^{} \end{gathered}$

To the nearest whole number the percent decrease = 26%