on July 1, 2003, the U. S. had an estimate 890,809,777 residents. This is 9,386,546 more than on April 1, 2000. To the nearest tenth, what was the change in population?

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thomaster · Answer

subtract 9,386,546 from 890,809,777, that'ss 881,423,231
Divide the new by the old number of residents and multiply by 100%

$\sf\large\dfrac{890,809,777}{881,423,231}*100\%$

Thats 101.06%
So what's the change in polulation?

mind2000 · Answer

1.021412020400681

anonymous · Answer

the change in population is the difference divided by the total,
so the difference is just 9 mil ish and u divide that by the origianl amount