SOLUTION: The population of a village was 75000 in 1990 .in 2000 the population became 93000 what is the increase percentage during these ten years

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Question 1067924: The population of a village was 75000 in 1990 .in 2000 the population became 93000 what is the increase percentage during these ten years
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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75000(1 + x)^(10) = 93000
x = 0.0217 = 2.17% growth rate

Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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The percentage increase during  10  years is   %28%2893000-75000%29%2F75000%29%2A100 = 24%.


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Notice that @CubeyThePenguin calculated the annual growth rate, which was not a question.

My post responses exactly the question posed in your post.