Question

The population of a town increased from 3,250 in 2008 to 4,300 in 2010. Find the absolute and relative(percent) increase.

Answer 1

Answer:

The absolute difference is 1050

The relative percentage is 32.3076%

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given

The population of a town increased from 3,250 in 2008 to 4,300 in 2010

In 2008:

$P_1=3250$

In 2010:

$P_2=4300$

Absolute difference:

we know that

absolute difference =$P_2-P_1$

absolute difference =$4300-3250$

absolute difference is 1050

Relative increase:

we know that

Relative percentage is

$=\frac{P_2-P_1}{P_1}\times 100$

now, we can plug values

$=\frac{1050}{3250}\times 100$

=32.3076

So, the relative percentage is 32.3076%