Question

The number of visitors in a trekking arena on a public holiday was 600. On the next day, which was a working day, if there were only 240 visitors, then what was the percentage decrease in number of visitors on the working day?

Answer 1

Given,
Visitors in a trekking area on a public holiday = 600
Visitors in the same trekking area on a working day = 240
So, decrease in number of visitors = 600 - 240 = 360(1 Mark)
Now, percentage decrease = $\frac{Decrease}{OriginalValue}\times 100$
= $\frac{360}{600}\times 100=60\%$(2 Mark)
Hence, percentage decrease in the number of visitors on the working day is 60%.