Question

Kilauea is a volcano in Hawaii. In 2008, an average of 9,000 people visits the volcano each day. Park workers say that this is a 2.5% increase over the year before. Based on these facts, how many more people visited the volcano in 2008 as compared to 2007?

Answer 1

Answer:

According to this question ,you first have to find the no. of people visited in 2007

so,let the no. of people visited in the year 2007 be x

x+x*2.5/100=9000

now find the value of x,

x=8780.48

difference between the people visited in 2008 and 2007=9000-8780=220