Question

At the beginning of the day there were 90 little fish in the pond.At the end of the day there were 52 little fish in the pond.Find the percent decrease from the beginning of the day to the end of the day.Round to the nearest percent. *

Answer 1

Answer:

42%

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step is to calculate the difference in the number of fishes from the beginning of the day to the end of the day.

90 -52

= 38 fishes

Therefore the percent decrease can be calculated as follows

= 38/90 × 100

= 0.422 × 100

= 42.2 %

= 42% ( to the nearest cent)