The Happy-Go-Lucky Beach was 163 feet long from parking lot to high tide. After last year's hurricane came ashore, the beach only measured 154 feet long. What was the percent of change?

About 94.5% of increase

About 94.5 % of decrease

About 5.5% increase

About 5.5% decrease

About 5.5% decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the percentage increase or decrease and its value.

The first thing to do here is to check if we are going to have a decrease or an increase.

since the value before the change is higher than the value after the change, then what we have is a decrease.

Mathematically, the percentage decrease is calculated as follows;

% decrease = (old value - new value)/old value * 100%

old value = 163 feet

new value = 154 feet

% decrease = (154-163)/163 * 100%

% decrease = -9/163 * 100%

% decrease = -5.52%

Thus the best answer is about 5.5% decrease