The population of a town increased from 5,600 to 6,300 people. what was the percent increase?
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12.5% First you need to find how much more the population increased (700 people) Then you set up for a cross multiply and divide 700/5600 x/100 the 700 OVER 5600 people in fraction format shows the number of people arrived against the number of people already present the x OVER 100 are the percentages, x representing what we need to find The next step would then multiply 700x100 (cross multiply) Then with the number you found 70,000 you would then divide by 5600 (divide)