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The percentage of the increase is 12.5% if the population of a town increased from 7800 to 8775 people.
What is the percentage?
It is defined as the ratio of two numbers expressed in the fraction of 100 parts. It is the measure to compare two data, the % sign is used to express the percentage.
We have:
The population of a town increased from 7800 to 8775 people.
[tex]\rm Percent \ increase = \dfrac{final \ value-initial \ value}{initial \ value}\times100[/tex]
[tex]\rm Percent \ increase = \frac{8775-7800}{7800} \times100[/tex]
Percent increase = 12.5%
Thus, the percentage of the increase is 12.5% if the population of a town increased from 7800 to 8775 people.
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