Question

What is the approximate percent increase when the population of a town increases from 12,089 to 15,025? Round the population amounts to the nearest thousand to find an estimate of the percent increase.
(1.)The percent increase is approximately 10%.
(2.)The percent increase is approximately 25%.
(3.)The percent increase is approximately 33%.
(4.)The percent increase is approximately 80%.

Answer 1

it says to to round to the nearest thousand

so 12,089 rounds to 12,000
and 15,025 rounds to 15,000

% increase from 12,000 to 15,000 ----> (15,000 - 12,000) / 12,000 * 100% = ?