The population of town A increases from 1,346 to 1,500. In the same period, the population of town B increases from 1,546 to 1,800.
a. Find the percent of increase in population for town A and for town B.
b. Which town had the greater percent of increase?
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To calculate the percent of increase in population, you can use the following formula:
Percent Increase = (New Population - Old Population) / Old Population * 100
a. Calculate the percent of increase for town A:
Old population of town A = 1,346
New population of town A = 1,500
Percent Increase for town A = (1,500 - 1,346) / 1,346 * 100
Simplifying the equation:
Percent Increase for town A = 154 / 1,346 * 100
Percent Increase for town A ā 11.43%
b. Calculate the percent of increase for town B:
Old population of town B = 1,546
New population of town B = 1,800
Percent Increase for town B = (1,800 - 1,546) / 1,546 * 100
Simplifying the equation:
Percent Increase for town B = 254 / 1,546 * 100
Percent Increase for town B ā 16.42%
b. To determine which town had the greater percent of increase, compare the percent increase values:
Percent Increase for town A = 11.43%
Percent Increase for town B = 16.42%
Therefore, town B had the greater percent of increase in population compared to town A.
To find the percent of increase in population for each town, you can use the following formula:
Percent increase = (New population - Old population) / Old population * 100
a. Let's calculate the percent of increase in population for town A:
New population of town A = 1,500
Old population of town A = 1,346
Percent increase in population for town A = (1,500 - 1,346) / 1,346 * 100
Now, let's calculate the percent of increase in population for town B:
New population of town B = 1,800
Old population of town B = 1,546
Percent increase in population for town B = (1,800 - 1,546) / 1,546 * 100
b. To determine which town had the greater percent of increase, you will compare the calculated percent increases for town A and town B. The town with the greater percentage increase will have experienced a larger growth in population.
Now, let's perform the calculations to find the answers:
Percent increase in population for town A = (1,500 - 1,346) / 1,346 * 100 = 11.43%
Percent increase in population for town B = (1,800 - 1,546) / 1,546 * 100 = 16.45%
Therefore, town B had the greater percent of increase in population, with a percentage increase of 16.45%.
I'll do a) , you do b), then compare the answers..
a)
increase in population = 1500 - 1346 = 154
percentage increase = 154/1346 (100%) = 11.44%