Question

In 1990 there were 4,298,000 Mexican immigrants living in the United States. In 2000 this number had increase to 7,858,000. Find the percent of increase to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

% increase = (end population - beginning population) / beginning population all times 100

Answer 2

So, you have the numbers for the beginning and end populations, so just substitute and simplify.

Answer 3

Good luck to you in all of your studies and thx for the recognition! @mind2000