Question

in 2015 pbi airport saw a decrease in travels from 63,386 in 2014 to 60,129 to the nearest percent what is the percent of decrease in air travelers in palm beach for 2015?

Answer 1

Answer:

5.14% decrease in air travelers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The percent decrease in air travelers is a

$\frac{decrement}{original \:number } \times 100\%$

From the question, the number decreased from, 63,386 to 60,129.

The decrease is :

$\frac{60129 - 63386}{63386} \times 100\%$

We subtract the numerator to get:

$\frac{ - 3257}{63386} \times 100\%$

$= - 0.05138 \times 100\%$

This finally gives:

$- 5.14\%$

Therefore , there was 5.14 percent decrease in air travelers in Palm Beach for 2015