Question

Last year, a website had 40,000 visitors and this year there is 37,000 visitors what is the percent change of the visitors

Answer 1

Answer:

-7.5 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Percent change can be calculated as

(change)/(original number) * 100, with the * 100 representing a change from decimal (which is what we get from dividing) to percent.

Here, change is (final - original) = 37000-40000 = -3000. Divide this by the original number, 40000, to get -3000/40000 = -0.075. Multiply this by 100 to get -7.5 % as our answer