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For a school project, Julie is investigating cell phone use in her hometown, Campbell. So far, she has found that the residents of Campbell used their cell phones for 219,420219,420 minutes last year. This year, they used their cell phones for a total of 153,594153,594 minutes. What is the percent of decrease in annual usage?\newline____%\_\_\_\_\%

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Q. For a school project, Julie is investigating cell phone use in her hometown, Campbell. So far, she has found that the residents of Campbell used their cell phones for 219,420219,420 minutes last year. This year, they used their cell phones for a total of 153,594153,594 minutes. What is the percent of decrease in annual usage?\newline____%\_\_\_\_\%
  1. Calculate Decrease: Calculate the decrease in minutes from last year to this year.\newlineCalculation: 219,420153,594=65,826219,420 - 153,594 = 65,826
  2. Find Original Amount: Find the original amount of minutes to use as the base for percentage calculation.\newlineCalculation: Base=219,420\text{Base} = 219,420
  3. Calculate Percentage Decrease: Calculate the percentage decrease using the formula (Decrease/Original)×100(\text{Decrease} / \text{Original}) \times 100.\newlineCalculation: (65,826/219,420)×100=30%(65,826 / 219,420) \times 100 = 30\%

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