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The population of a city decreased from $25,000$ to $24,500$. Find the percentage decrease.
Given: The population of the city decreased from $25000$ to $24500$.
To do: To find the percentage decrease.
Solution:
As given, the population of city decreased from $25000$ to $24500$.
Thus percentage decrease$=\frac{25000-24500}{25000}\times100$
$=\frac{500}{25000}\times100$
$=\frac{100}{50}$
$=2$ %
Thus, there is a $2$ % decrease in the population of the city.
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