Respuesta :
We will use the percentage difference formula and so:
[tex]\frac{|Population_{final}-Population_{initial}|}{Population_{initial}}[/tex]
By plugging in our values we obtain:
[tex]\frac{321-281}{281}=0.142349[/tex]
And 0.142349 converted to percentage is :
[tex]0.142349 \times 100 = 14.2349%[/tex]
Therefore, there was a population increase of 14.2349% from 2000 to 2015 in the US.
Given:
Year 2000 = 281 million people
Year 2015 = 321 million people
321 M - 281 M = 40 M
An increase of 40 million people.
40M/281M = 0.14 or 14%.
From 2000 to 2015
the population increased by 14%