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Question 609086: last month in the village 125 people were issued a parking ticket.this month only 83 people were issued one.what was the percent reduction from this month to last month in the number of people who were issued a parking ticket
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last month in the village 125 people were issued a parking ticket...this month only 83 people

 83/125 = .664 

Reduction is 1-.664 = .336 or 33.6%

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.336· 125 = 42  and 125-42 = 83