Question

A town's population went from 25,800 to 42,600 in 15 years . What is the percent in change

Answer 1

61%

Explanation:

To solve this you have to find the change in the town's population.

Percentage wise we simply divide 25,800 by 42,600.

`(25800)/(42600)= 0.6056`

Now we round.

0.6056 The six rounds the 5 up, which will then round the 0 up.

Our change is 0.61.

Now to find the percentage we move the decimal point over two times to the right.

61% is the percentage of change.

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