Question 181680
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Your problem gives you the year 2000 population and question 8 gives you the year 2005 population.


If <i>x</i> is the fractional increase from 1,998,257 up to 2,414,807, that means:


*[tex \LARGE \text{          }\math 1,998,257 + 1,998,257x = 2,414,807]


meaning the population in 2000 plus some fractional part of the population in 2000 is equal to the population in 2005.  Solving the equation for <i>x</i> will give you a decimal fraction that you can multiply by 100 to get the percentage.  I would round off to the nearest percent if I were going to do this one.






John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
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