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Choose the Baseline for Percent Change - Practice 2

Percent change uses the earlier value as denominator: (later - earlier) / earlier x 100.

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Percent change uses the earlier value as denominator: (later - earlier) / earlier x 100. It differs from a percentage-point change in a rate. These fictional population records use unchanged boundaries.

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A population growing from 800 to 1,000 rises 25% because the increase 200 is divided by 800.

A population growing from 800 to 1,000 rises 25% because the increase 200 is divided by 800.
A population growing from 800 to 1,000 rises 25% because the increase 200 is divided by 800.
Question 1 Fictional town Fern changes from 700 to 840 people with the same boundary. What is the percent increase?
Question 2 Fictional town Glen changes from 800 to 1040 people with the same boundary. What is the percent increase?
Question 3 Fictional town Hill changes from 900 to 1260 people with the same boundary. What is the percent increase?
Question 4 Fictional town Iris changes from 1000 to 1100 people with the same boundary. What is the percent increase?
Question 5 Fictional town Juniper changes from 1100 to 1320 people with the same boundary. What is the percent increase?