Hey guys, need quick help, I have 20 minutes to answer this question in the meeting.

The Report of the Digital Britain Media Literacy Group (Ofcom, 2009), stated that approximately 30% of the adult population was offline in terms of being able or willing to access the internet. New data released in May 2014 (sourced from The Office for National Statistics) indicated that this group numbered 6.4 million in the first quarter of 2014.

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Hey guys, need quick help, I have 20 minutes to answer this question in the meeting.

The Report of the Digital Britain Media Literacy Group (Ofcom, 2009), stated that approximately 30% of the adult population was offline in terms of being able or willing to access the internet. New data released in May 2014 (sourced from The Office for National Statistics) indicated that this group numbered 6.4 million in the first quarter of 2014.

anonymous · Answer

Using these figures, and taking the UK adult population in 2014 to be 51 million, calculate the percentage points reduction in offline UK adults indicated by the 2014 data. Choose from the options below the one that most closely matches your answer.

anonymous · Answer

Possible answers: 13%,28%,30%,17%,20%,24%

sleepyhead314 · Answer

percent of 2014
6.4 divided by 51 = ?

sleepyhead314 · Answer

then  30% = 0.3

0.3 minus the number you got ^ = answer

anonymous · Answer

@sleepyhead314 thanks a million! ;)