Question 296274
If the town started out with 100 people and there was an increase of 12 people.
there would be and increase of 12/100 or 12%
So you first need to add and subtract all the changes to din d out if there are now more or fewer people.
+5-7+28-12=c
(c/7000)*100
14/7000*100=2*100/1000=2/10=.2 %  increase
not 2 % but .2% which is 1/5 of 1 percent