Math percents question?

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Math percents question?

If the population of Mesa, AZ increased from 152,404 to 288,091 over ten years, by what percent did the population increase in the decade?

And also what was the growth rate for the decade?

2007-11-11 09:21:16 · 4 answers · asked by rst41 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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increase is 288091-152404=135687
x%*152404=135687
x=approx 89% increase

2007-11-11 09:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by RickSus R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

percent increase = change/ original * 100

2007-11-11 17:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by a c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

288,091/152404= 89.03% with a growth rate of 135,687 over the decade

2007-11-11 18:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

samething as the 1st person.

2007-11-11 17:32:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋