Nadia lives in the town of Preston. Quinn lives in the town of Elm Ridge. Nadia and Quinn each

claim that her respective town's population

is growing more rapidly.

Preston

Last Year 5,589 and this Year 5,702

ELM Ridge

Last Year 1,870

and this Year 1,926

ELM Ridge is growing at a faster rate

Step-by-step explanation:

To obtain the solution, we calculate the growth rate of both cities

Given :

Nadia : Preston

Population Last Year 5,589

This Year 5,702

Growth rate:

[(this year population - Last year population) / last year population] * 100%

[(5702 - 5589) / 5589] * 100%

(113 / 5589) * 100%

= 0.0202182 * 100%

= 2.02%

ELM Ridge

Last Year 1,870

This Year 1,926

Growth rate:

[(this year population - Last year population) / last year population] * 100%

[(1926 - 1870) / 1870] * 100%

(56 / 1870) * 100%

= 0.0299465 * 100%

= 2.994%

= 3%

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b