Question

According to the US department of labor, total employment is expected to increase from 146 million in 2000 to 168 million in 2010. Find the percent of increase

Answer 1

The percent increase in the employment from the year
`2000` to year
`2010` is
`15.07\%`.

Explanation:

Given:

Employment in the year
`2000`
`=146` million.

Employment in the year
`2010`
`=168` million.

To find: The percent increase in the employment.

Solution: We have,

Employment in the year
`2000`
`=146` million.

Employment in the year
`2010`
`=168` million.

Increase in employment
`=168-146=22` million.

Percent increase
`=\frac{\textrm{Increase in employment}}{\textrm{Original employment}}*100\%`

Percent increase
`=(22)/(146)*100\%=15.07\%`

Hence, the percent increase in the employment from the year
`2000` to year
`2010` is
`15.07\%`.