Question

The total employment for police officers in 2006 was 648,000. If there are 719,000 police officers in 2016, what will the percent increase have been?

Answer 1

Answer:  10.96%.

Step-by-step explanation:

The percent increase is given by :-

$\dfrac{\text{Increase in amount}}{\text{Previous amount}}\times 100$

Given : The total employment for police officers in 2006 was 648,000.

If there are 719,000 police officers in 2016, then increases in police officers = $719000-648000=71000$

The percent increase will be :_

$\dfrac{71000}{648000}\times 100=10.9567901235\approx10.96\%$

Hence, the percent increase = 10.96%.

Answer 2

$\frac{719000 - 648000}{648000} \times 100\% \\ = 11.0\%(corr \: to \: 3 \: sig. \: fig.)$
The percentage increase is 11%