Suppose the population of a certain city is 5831 thousand. It is expected to decrease to 5204 thousand in 50 years. Find the percent decrease.

Answer:The percent decrease is approximately [tex]10.75\%[/tex](Don't know what you are expected to round to.)Step-by-step explanation:Percent change can be calculated by doing:[tex]\frac{\text{original}-\text{new}}{\text{original}}[/tex]Then you multiply the result to covert it to a percentage.Let's use this formula:[tex]\frac{5831 \text{thousand}-5204 \text{ thousand }}{5831 \text{thousand}}[/tex][tex]\frac{\text{thousand}}{\text{thousand}} \cdot \frac{5831-5204}{5831}[/tex][tex]\frac{5831-5204}{5831}[/tex][tex]\frac{627}{5831}[/tex][tex]0.1075[/tex] approximatelyNow the answer as a percent is [tex]10.75\%[/tex] approximately. The percent decrease is approximately [tex]10.75\%[/tex]