Question

In 2015, there were 210 participants in a trivia competition. In 2016, there were 298 participants in this trivia competition. Select the true statement about participants in the trivia competition from 2015 to 2016. Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenths place.

Answer 1

Explanation:

One possible true statement about the participants in the trivia competition from 2015 to 2016 is:

The number of participants in the trivia competition increased by 42.1% from 2015 to 2016.

To arrive at this statement, you can calculate the percentage increase in the number of participants using the following formula:

percentage increase = (new value - old value) / old value x 100%

Substituting the given values, we have:

percentage increase = (298 - 210) / 210 x 100%

percentage increase = 88 / 210 x 100%

percentage increase ≈ 42.1%

Therefore, the number of participants in the trivia competition increased by 42.1% from 2015 to 2016. Note that this is an approximation, since we rounded the percentage to the nearest tenth.