Question

solve. round to the nearest tenth of a percent. use the news clipping below to find the percent decrease in the number of people who took the lsats in the last three years. in the news! fewer students take lsats this year, 137,444 people took the law school admission test (lsat). three years ago, the lsats were administered to 148,014 people. source: law school admission council

Explanation:

Step1: Find the decrease amount

Subtract the current number from the previous number: $148014 - 137444 = 10570$

Step2: Calculate the percent decrease

Use the formula $\text{Percent Decrease} = \frac{\text{Decrease}}{\text{Original Amount}} \times 100\%$. So, $\frac{10570}{148014} \times 100\% \approx 7.1\%$

Answer:

The percent decrease is approximately 7.1%.