Question

Identify the percent of change as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of change, rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.
60 cars to 24 cars

Answer 1

Answer:

-60% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

60 is the old value and 24 is the new value.

percent change = $\frac{new - old}{|old|}$ x 100%

so for this problem, you can substitute the values given in the formula:

percent change = $\frac{60-24}{|60|}$ x 100% = $\frac{-36}{60}$ x 100% =

-60% (decrease)