Question

Officer Brimberry wrote 24 tickets for traffic violations last week but only 9 tickets this week what is the percent decrease give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

To obtain the percent decrease we should divide the amount of change by the initial amount. The amount of change is $24-9=15$ tickets. Therefore, the percent decrease will be

$p = \dfrac{15}{24} = 0.625 = 62.5\%.$