Question

The population of a town increased from 850,000 to 925,000. How do you find the percent increase in population?

Answer 1

`= 8 . 8 2 %` increase.

Explanation:

The initial value `= 850, 000`

The final value `= 925, 000`

The difference `= (925,000 - 850, 000) = 75,000`

The percentage change `=` ( difference in values) / ( initial value) `xx 100`

`= ( 75,000) / ( 8 5 0 , 000 ) xx 100`

`= 8 . 8 2 %` increase. ( rounded to the nearest hundred)