The percent decrease of the number of students home sick is 24.14%.
Solution:
The number of students home this last week was 145
This week there were only 110 students home sick
To find: Percent decrease
The percent decrease is given by formula:
[tex]\text{Percent Decrease } = \frac{\text{Final value-initial value}}{\text{Initial value}} \times 100[/tex]
Here given that,
Initial value = last week = 145
Final value = this week = 110
Substituting the values in formula, we get,
[tex]\text{Percent Decrease } = \frac{110-145}{145} \times 100\\\\\text{Percent Decrease } = \frac{-35}{145} \times 100\\\\\text{Percent Decrease } = -24.14[/tex]
Here negative sign denotes decrease in percent
Thus the percent decrease of the number of students home sick is 24.14%.
