Answer:
The percent of decrease is 56.7%
Step-by-step explanation:
There is a change from 120 meals to 52 meals.
This is a decrease.
The percent of decrease is given by:
[tex] \frac{decrement}{original \: value} \times 100\%[/tex]
We substitute the values to get:
[tex] \frac{52 - 120}{120} \times 100\%[/tex]
We subtract the numerator to get:
[tex] \frac{ - 68}{120} \times 100\%[/tex]
[tex] = - 0.566667 \times 100\%[/tex]
This simplifies to:
[tex] - 56.67\%[/tex]
To the nearest tenth, the percent of decrease is :
[tex]56.7\%[/tex]
