Answer:
The percent decrease in number of attendees is 1.59%.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Last year 23,125 people attended a high school’s football games.
This year 22,758 people attended.
Now, to find the percent decrease in number of attendees.
So, we find the number of people decrease from last year to this year:
23,125 - 22,758 = 367 people.
Now, to get the percent decrease:
[tex]\frac{367}{23125}\times 100[/tex]
⇒[tex]0.01587\times 100[/tex]
⇒[tex]1.587\%[/tex]
Now, rounding to nearest hundredth of 1.587% is 1.59%. As in thousandth place it is 7 and in hundredth place it is 8, so rounding to hundredth will change the digit 8 to 9 because in thousandth place it is 7 which is more than 5.
Therefore, the percent decrease in number of attendees is 1.59%.
