What is the percent of increase for a population that changed from 438,000 to 561,000?

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asked Jun 9, 2019 32.6k views

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Frangio · Answer 1 · 2019-06-16T04:15:03+0000

New number - original number

561,000 - 438,000 = 123,000.

Increased number divided by the original number

123,000 ÷ 438,000 = 0.28

Multiply by 100

0.28 x 100 = 28%

The percentage increase would be 28%