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 percentage points.(Type an integer or a decimal.)

Answer 1

Given:

There are given that people accessing the internet increased from 69% in 2000 to 82% in 2012.

Explanation:

(a):

The number of people accessing the internet increased from 69% in 2000 to 82% in 2012.

Then,

To find the value in percentage, we need to subtract 69% from 82%.

Then,

$82\%-69\%=13\%$

(b):

The change as a relative change in term of the percentage is:

$\frac{13}{69}=0.188$

Then,

$0.188\times100=18.8\%$

Final answer:

(a): Hence, the percentage of people accessing the internet increased by a percentage point is 13%.

And,

(b): Hence, the percentage of people accessing the internet increased by a percentage point is 18.8%