Question 1101180: The population of a town increased by 16 2/3 % in 1990 and by 10% in 1991. If the population of the town at the beginning of 1990 was 30,000, what was it at the end of 1991?
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The other tutor's answer is not right; you should be able to see where he made his arithmetic error.
16 2/3% as a fraction is 1/6; so the population of the town increased by 1/6 in 1990. Since the population at the beginning of 1990 was 30,000, it increase by 5,000 during 1990, making the population at the beginning of 1991 35,000.
10% as a fraction is 1/10; so in 1991 the population increased by 1/10 of 35,000, or 3,500, making the population at the end of 1991 38,500.
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