The number of students fron school last week was 145. this week there were only 110 students sick. what was the percent decrease of the number of students home sick?

The percent decrease of the number of students home sick is 24.14%.

Solution:

The number of students home this last week was 145

This week there were only 110 students home sick

To find: Percent decrease

The percent decrease is given by formula:

Here given that,

Initial value = last week = 145

Final value = this week = 110

Substituting the values in formula, we get,

Here negative sign denotes decrease in percent

Thus the percent decrease of the number of students home sick is 24.14%.

75

step-by-step explanation:

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.