Last year a poll of 1,000 voters conducted by the staff of Senator Chun found that 522 people approved of the job the senator was doing. This year, a new poll of 1,000 voters shows that 423 people approve of the senator's performance. Find the percent of change in the number of voters who approved of the senator's performance, and identify it as an increase or decrease. A 19%, increase
B 23.4%; decrease
C 23.4%, increase
D 19%; decrease

the law of definite proportions states samples of a compound will always contain the same proportion of elements by mass. in other words, a given compound will always contain the same elements in the same proportions by mass.the law of multiple proportions states when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, then the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.