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trasher [3.6K]
3 years ago
10

Growing up, Lisa lived in a tiny country village. When she left for college, the population was 840 people. Lisa recently heard

that the population had grown by 5%. What is the current population?
Mathematics
2 answers:
Vanyuwa [196]3 years ago
6 0
840
10% =84 (840/10)
5% =42 (84/2 or 840/20)
therefore 840+42=882
Marizza181 [45]3 years ago
3 0
If there are 840, then you can multiply it by 1.05 to get the answer. This is the same as finding 5% of 840 and then adding that to 840, but this does it in one computation. 840 * 1.05 = 882
The current population would be 882.
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