Huntsville’s population grows from 25,000 to 28,000. what is the percent increase in huntsville’s population?
how do you solve 3,000/ 25,000 without a calculator to still get 12%?

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula to calculate the percentage of increase is:

Where

is the initial amount and is the final amount

So:

You can write it as:

This is:

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step-by-step explanation:

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.