Question

Every 5 years in March the population of a certain town is recorded in 1995 the town had a population of 4500 from 1995 to 2000 the population increased by 15% from 2000 to 2005 the population decreased by 4% what was the towns population in 2005

Answer 1

The population of the town will be 4968 in 2005.

The first change is an increase of 15%. Therefore, we multiply it by 1.15.

4500 x 1.15 = 5175

Then, it is decreased by 4%. Therefore, we multiply it by 0.96.

5175 x .96 = 4968