Question

Type the correct answer in the box. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. The population in the United States in 2000 was about 281 million people. In 2015, it was 321 million people. From 2000 to 2015, what percentage did the population increase

Answer 1

14.2349%

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Answer 2

We will use the percentage difference formula and so:

$\frac{|Population_{final}-Population_{initial}|}{Population_{initial}}$

By plugging in our values we obtain:

$\frac{321-281}{281}=0.142349$

And 0.142349 converted to percentage is :

$0.142349 \times 100 = 14.2349%$

Therefore, there was a population increase of 14.2349% from 2000 to 2015 in the US.