Question

The percentage of people accessing the Internet increased from 69​% in 2000 to 82​% in 2012. Complete parts​ (a) and​ (b) below.

a. Describe the change as an absolute change in terms of percentage points. The percentage of people accessing the Internet increased by 13 13 percentage points. ​(Type an integer or a​ decimal.)
b. Describe the change as a relative change in terms of a percentage. The percentage of people accessing the Internet increased by 13 13​%. ​(Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as​ needed.)

Answer 1

a) The absolute change is 13 percentage points.

b) The relative change is 18.84 percentage points.

Explanation:

The absolute change is just the subtraction of these percentages.

The relative change is the absolute change divided by the initial percentage.

The percentage of people accessing the Internet increased from 69​% in 2000 to 82​% in 2012.

a. Describe the change as an absolute change in terms of percentage points.

The absolute change is 82% - 69% = 13% = 13 percentage points.

b. Describe the change as a relative change in terms of a percentage.

This is 13/69 = 0.1884.

The relative change is 18.84 percentage points.