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Help with grade 8 math? ( percents decrese)?
How do you do this question? can someone just show the steps? I know how to to answer the questions where the percent increases but I dont know how to do the questions with the percent decreases.
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There were about 193 000 miners in Canada in 1986.
By 2001, the number of miners was 12% less.
How many miners were there in 2001?
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2 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Number in 1986: 193000
Percentage in 1986 = 100%
percentage decrease = 12%
Percentage in 2001 = 100-12 = 88%
Number in 2001 = 88% * 193000 = 88/100 * 193000 = 169840 (to take out % sign, u divide by 100)
Source(s): Math Eater Productions - Anonymous8 years ago
12% less--->88% original = 88% of 193000 = ...