Question

Two towns tracked the attendance at their summer fairs in 2016 and 2017. The data for each town and year is shown below. Year Ogdenville North Haverbrook 2016 960 500 2017 1008 540 What was the difference between the percent increases for each town from 2016 to 2017?

Answer 1

48 and 5%; 40 and 8%

Explanation:

The computation of the difference between the percentage increase for each town from 2016 to 2017 is given below:

Year Ogdenville North Haverbrook

2016 960 500

2017 1008 540

So here the difference would be

For 2016 to 2017

= 1008 - 960

= 48

The percentage increase is

= 48 ÷ 960

= 5%

And,

= 540 - 500

= 40

And, the percentage increase is

= 40 ÷ 500

= 8%