Given:
The consumption of a vegetable has decreased.
In 2000, The consumption per capita was 23.6 pounds
In 2010, the consumption dropped to 12.5 pounds.
The amount of decrease =
[tex]23.6-12.5=11.1\text{ pounds}[/tex]The percentage decrease =
[tex]\frac{11.1}{23.6}\times100=47.033898\%[/tex]Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
So, the answer will be:
The percent decrease is 47%