Question

A music service has two plans. The platinum plan allows for multiple devices, and the gold plan allows for one device.

Last year, the platinum plan had 480,000 members, and the gold plan had 600,000 members.
This year, membership in the platinum plan decreased by 30%, and membership in the gold plan increased by 18%.
Question 1
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To the nearest whole percentage, what was the overall percent change in membership? Enter the answer in the box.

Question 1 Response area with 1 text input box
%
Question 2
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Was the overall change a percent decrease or a percent increase?

Question 2 Answer options with 2 options
A.
percent decrease

B.
percent increase

Answer 1

Last year total = 480,000 + 600,000 = 1,080,000.
This year: platinum = 480,000(0.70) = 336,000; gold = 600,000(1.18) = 708,000.
This year total = 336,000 + 708,000 = 1,044,000.
Change = 1,044,000 − 1,080,000 = −36,000, which is −36,000/1,080,000 = −0.03333... = −3.33% ≈ −3%.

Part A: −3% (to the nearest whole percent)
Part B: A. percent decrease