OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e §6.2 Solve General Applications of Percent · Exercise 46 · Algebra · Algebra word problems

Solve General Applications of Percent · Exercise 46

Find the percent increase or percent decrease.

From $2000$ to $2010,$ the population of Detroit fell from about $951, 000$ to about $714, 000.$ Find the percent decrease. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)

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