Question

The population of a town increased from 3250 in 2007 to 5550 in 2010. Find The absolute and relative percent increase

Answer 1

The relative percent increase can be calculated dividing the absolute change in the population over the initial value.

The absolute increase is:

$5550-3250=2300$

The relative percent increase is then given by:

$\frac{2300}{3250}\cdot100=70.77$

Therefore, the absolute increase was 2,300, and the relative percent increase was 70.8%.