Question

The population of a town was 6,000 people last year. The population is expected to increase by 4% this year. By how many people is the population expected to increase this year?

Answer 1

`\begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{4\% of 6000}}{\left( \cfrac{4}{100} \right)6000}\implies 240`