SOLUTION: The number of barber jobs in 1998 is 54,000. In 2008 it is 50,000. The change is -4. What is th percent of the decrease?

SOLUTION: The number of barber jobs in 1998 is 54,000. In 2008 it is 50,000. The change is -4. What is th percent of the decrease?

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Question 11188: The number of barber jobs in 1998 is 54,000. In 2008 it is 50,000. The change is -4. What is th percent of the decrease?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
any percentage is ALWAYS calculated based upon the ORIGINAL.

so what fraction is the reduction? answer is 4000/54000 --> 2/27.

so the percentage is just this fraction times 100 --> (2/27)*100
--> 7.41% reduction.

jon.

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