SOLUTION: According to the report “Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010” from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. population increased by 27.3 million people from 2000 to 2010.

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Question 1134185: According to the report “Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010” from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. population increased by 27.3 million people from 2000 to 2010. This was a 9.7% increase. According to these figures, what was the U.S. population in the years 2000 and 2010?
Year 2000:
Year 2010:

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the united states population increased from 27.3 million people between 2000 and 2010.

that was a 9.7% increase.

let x = the population in 2000.

the increase is therefore .097 * x.

since the increase is 27.3 million people, then .097 * x = 27.3 million.

solve for x to get x = 27.3 / .097 = 281.443299 million.

the population in 2000 was 281.443299 million.

the increase between 2000 and 2010 was 27.3 million.

that means that the population in 2010 was 308.743299 million.

308.743299 / 281.443299 = 1.097.

that's an increase of (1.097 - 1) * 100 = 9.7%.

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the solution is that there were 281.443299 million people in the united states in the year 2000 and 308.743299 million people in the united states in the year 2010.