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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the percent decrease of 175,000 to 24,000.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are there any choices? If not it would be roughly 85.7 percent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no they just say round it off to the nearest percent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh then in that case it would be 86 percent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you get the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[175000- 24000= 151000 \times 100 \div 175000= 86.285.....\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then round that answer to the nearest percent to get 86 percent

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