Monthly visitors to a museum fell from 500 to 200. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. 60%

  1. Step 1: Change .
  2. Step 2: Percentage change (divide by the original figure).
Answer
60%.
Why not the others: 150%: the change is divided by the new figure instead of the original. 300%: the raw difference is reported as a percentage.

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