Question

what is the approximate percent increase when the population of a town increases from 12,089 to 15,025? round the population amounts to the nearest thousand to find an estimate of the percent increase.

Answer 1

What is the approximate percent increase when the population of a town increases from 12,089 to 15,025? Round the population amounts to the nearest thousand to find an estimate of the percent increase.

The Answer is,

The percent increase is approximately 25%.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The approximate percentage is 25%.

Explanation:

The initial population was = 12089 rounded off to 12000.

The final population is = 15025 rounded off to 15000.

Change in population =
`15000-12000=3000`

So, the approximate percent increase is =

`(3000)/(12000)*100`

= 25%.