Question

Over a period of 5 years , the enrollment at a college changed from 12,000 students to 14,000 students. find the percent change in enrollment

Answer 1

The percent change is given by (new number) / (old number) - 1. Here we see: 14,000/12,000 - 1 = 7/6 - 1 = 1.166 -1 = 16.7%.