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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

From time to time a population increased by , and from time to time the population increased by . Therefore, from time to time the population increased by
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The scale factors for the increases are and , so the overall scale factor is . To convert this to a percentage, we subtract 1 and then multiply by 100, giving , or .
Final answer
D