Question

if thepopulation of a town increases to 26500 from 25000 then find the percantage growth in population

Answer 1

${p}^{i} = 25000 \\ {p}^{f} = 26500 \\ percentage = \frac{ {p}^{f} - {p}^{i} }{ {p}^{i} } \times 100 \\ = \frac{26500 - 25000}{25000} \times 100 \\ = \frac{1500}{250} = 6\%$