Question

A population of crawfish in a section of the Louisiana bayou increased from 900,000 to 1.2 million between 2010 and 2011. If the population increases by the same percentage between 2011 and 2012, what will the population be in 2012

Answer 1

Answer: 1,599,960

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the population of crawfish in a section of the Louisiana bayou increased from 900,000 to 1.2 million between 2010 and 2011. The percentage increase in population will be:

= (1.2 million - 900000) / 900000 × 100

= 300000/900000 × 100

= 33.33%

Since the population increases by the same percentage between 2011 and 2012, then the population in 2012 will be:

= (100% + 33.33%) × 1.2 million

= 133.33% × 1.2 million

= 1.3333 × 1.2 million

= 1,599,960

The population in 2012 is 1,599,960