Indiana's population has increased by 9.5% since 2000, when it was about 6 million people, what is indiana's population now?
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For this case we can make the following rule of three: 6 million -----> 100% x ---------------> 109.5% Clearing x we have: x = (109.5 / 100) * (6) x = 6.57 million people Answer: indiana's population now is: x = 6.57 million people