Question

The population of a city was 60,000 in 2015. In 2016, the population of the city was 63,000. The percent increase in the population from 2015 to 2016 was the same as it was from 2016 to 2017. What was the population of the city in 2017?

Answer 1

The answer of this question is 66,000.

Answer 2

The answers is 66,150.


When you do the formula to find the percent increase the higher amount minus the lower amount, divided by the old population is how you find the percent increase, thus there is a five percent increase. So 5 percent of 63000 is 63000 times .05 which is 3150 and 3150 plus 63000 is 66150