What is the approximate percent decrease when a fish count goes down from 850 to 500?

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Ayana Henson

4 December, 19:25

What is the approximate percent decrease when a fish count goes down from 850 to 500?

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String Bean · Answer 1

To get this, you divide the smaller number by the larger one and get 0.5882 ... 500 is about 59% of 850, so to find the percent lost, you subtract that from 100 to get 41% decrease

Irene Preston · Answer 2

What is the approximate percent decrease when a fish count goes down from 850 to 500? The answer is 40%