Question

the circulation of a newsletter decreased from 5200 to 3140 find the percent of decrease in circulation to the nearest percent


help please

Answer 1

Delightful :)
Less Newsletters, less trees cut down :3

haha

first by how many newsletters DID it decrease? Like how many newsletters exactly?

Answer 2

idk thats what the question says word for word

Answer 3

of course, silly :P
finding how many newsletters it decreased with is your job :D

come on, it's just subtracting... ^.^

Answer 4

really thats all it is wow :P i feel dumb

Answer 5

no that's not it but that's part of it
now by how many newsletters did it decrease?

Answer 6

i dont know really ;P do we need to change 5200 in a %?

Answer 7

still by how many newsletters did it decrease? you know, the difference...?

Answer 8

oh you subtract to find the diffrence

Answer 9

yeah and that difference is...?
(by the way, that difference is not yet the answer, but an important step to finding the answer. ^.^ )

Answer 10

2060

Answer 11

okay :) now divide this by the original number of newsletters, which is 5200, you get?

Answer 12

yes thank you very much

Answer 13

that's not even the answer yet...

Answer 14

:( oh so let me divide then

Answer 15

take your time and don't keep me waiting :D

Answer 16

lol i got answer that has alot of numbers lol

Answer 17

yeah, it doesn't matter. Multiply that by 100 to get the percent, and you get (approximately... just take the first five digits )

Answer 18

okay got the answer thank you;D

Answer 19

okay ^.^