Question

The population of a town increases from 6500 to 7475. What is the percentage increased

Answer 1

is it 15% please follow me

Answer 2

Given,

The population increased from 6500 to 7475.

To find,

Percentage increase.

Solution,

The percentage increase in the value of something is given by,

$\frac{Increase}{Initial\hspace{2}value} \times 100$

Let,

I = initial value, and,

F be the final value.

Then, the increase will be (F - I). So, the percentage will be,

$\frac{F-I}{I} \times 100$

For the given problem, F and I will be,

F = 7475

I = 6500

Substituting F and I in the above formula, the percentage increase will be,

$\frac{7475-6500}{6500} \times 100$

$=\frac{975}{6500} \times 100$

$= 15 \%$

Therefore, the percentage increase in the population will be 15%.