City populations often increase from one year to the next, but not always. The population of Madison, Wisconsin, grew from 258,034 people in 2019 to 259,673 people in 2020. In the same time, the population of Milwaukee decreased from 592,002 to 590,157 people. Find the absolute and relative changes in population for Madison and Milwaukee from 2019 to 2020. Give any percentage values rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent. (a) From 2019 to 2020, the absolute change in Madison's population was    . (b) From 2019 to 2020, the relative change in Madison's population was    %. (c) From 2019 to 2020, the absolute change in Milwaukee's population was    . (d) From 2019 to 2020, the relative change in Milwaukee's population was

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City populations often increase from one year to the next, but not always. The population of Madison, Wisconsin, grew from 258,034 people in 2019 to 259,673 people in 2020. In the same time, the population of Milwaukee decreased from 592,002 to 590,157 people.

Find the absolute and relative changes in population for Madison and Milwaukee from 2019 to 2020.

Give any percentage values rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent.

(a) From 2019 to 2020, the absolute change in Madison's population was
   .

(b) From 2019 to 2020, the relative change in Madison's population was
   %.

(c) From 2019 to 2020, the absolute change in Milwaukee's population was
   .

(d) From 2019 to 2020, the relative change in Milwaukee's population was

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Absolute change = | Final value - Initial value|

Relative change   = Final value - Initial value Initial value×100

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