document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=449679>Question 449679</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help with the following word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A university reported that its enrollment increased from 11,934 students in 2006 to 12,228 students in 2007.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) What is the ratio of the number of students in 2007 to the number of students in 2006?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) From the result in part a, determine the growth factor.  Write it in deciomal form to the nearest thousandth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)  By what percentage did the enrollment increase?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I believe the easy part is part a which I have determined to be 1.025.  I am stumped by the rest.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you so much for your help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Julie \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) sort of a trick question ___ the growth factor is equal to the ratio from a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ maybe the answer to a) is supposed to be the fraction, not the reduced decimal\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) the percentage is ___ (GF - 1) * 100 ___ OR ___ [(12228 - 11934) / 11934] * 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ it is the decimal portion of the growth factor </SPAN>\n" );
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