Use a calculator................
Answer:
≈ 13.98%
Step-by-step explanation:
As the total population is 5769 in the initial period, you must find the percentage that repesents 4963 that is the expected population.
4963/5769=0.8602
Then you multiply it by 100 to transform it into percentage
0.8602*100=86.02%
Then it's just necesary to subtract that from 100% and that numbers is the percentage of decrease
100% - 86.02% = 13.98%
Also you can say that is approximately 14%
You don't say whether this is a right triangle or not.
Assuming it is a right triangle, then we use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the length of the hypotenuse:
(hypo) = (length of third side) = √(12^2 + 4^2) = √(144+16) = √160 = 4√10.
This is approx. 12.65 inches. Since this does not match any of the possible answer choices, we'll have to take a different approach to answering this question.
Given that 2 sides of the given triangle are 12 and 4 inches, respectively, we see that the 3rd side has to be longer than 8 inches; otherwise we'd have three line segments on the same line, not forming a triangle.
By this reasoning, 9 inches is the only possible answer that could be correct. With sides 12, 9 and 4 inches, the triangle would be obtuse and appear quite flat, but not be part of a straight line as with a third side of 8.
It wouldn't be able to be because since all of the the numbers that could fit is probably going to be a decimal. Let's say we find 4 consecutive numbers of 32.
Equation:
x+(x+1)+(x+2)+(x+3)=32
4x+6=32
-6 -6
4x=26
x=6.5 1. 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5
As you can see, the consecutive number is going to be a decimal.
