The population of a town increased from 3500 in 2007 to 5100 in 2012. Find the absolute and relative (percent) increase. Absolute increase: Relative increase: % Give answers accurate to at least 1 decimal place.
The population of a town increased from 3500 in 2007 to 5100 in 2012. Find the absolute and relative (percent) increase. Absolute increase: Relative increase: % Give answers accurate to at least 1 decimal place.
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The population of a town increased from 3500 in 2007 to 5100 in 2012. Find the absolute and relative (percent) increase.
Absolute increase:
Relative increase: %
Give answers accurate to at least 1 decimal place.
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Step 1
It is given that the population of a town in the year 2007 is 3500 while it is 5100 in the year 2012. We
have to compute the absolute increase and the relative increase.
Let us denote the population in the year 2007 by and the population in the year 2012 by
.
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