Question

Shamara has been tracking her credit score. In October, her credit score was 702 but by April of the following year, it was 679. What is the absolute and relative change in Shamara's credit score from October to April? Round your answer for relative change to the nearest hundredth of a percent.Do not round until your final answer.

Answer 1

The absolute change is given by the subtraction of the values (final value minus initial value):

$679-702=-23$

Therefore the absolute change is -23 units.

Then, to find the relative change, we need to divide the absolute change by the initial value:

$\frac{-23}{702}=-0.0328=-3.28\%$

Therefore the relative change is -3.28%.