Question

during the last 5 years the population of a town had 15 lacs people increased by 10 percent what is the present population of the town

Answer 1

In order to find the answer we would multiply 15 by *.1 to determine the increase in the present population.

.15 * .1 = .015

This simply means that the present population increased each year by .015, you would now multiply by 5 in order to find the total change.

.015 * 5= .075

Multiply this by 100

.075 * 100 = 7.5

Therefore, the answer would be 7.5