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-The population of a city increased from 893,102 in 1995 to $1,541,844$ in 2005 . What is the percent of increase? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) $72.6 \%$
B) $42.1 \%$
C) $4.2 \%$
D) $7.3 \%$

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The percent increase is calculated by the formula: $\frac{{\text{New Value} - \text{Old Value}}}{{\text{Old Value}}} \times 100$. Substituting the given values, we get $\frac{{1,541,844 - 893,102}}{{893,102}} \times 100 \approx 72.6\%$.

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-The Population of a City Increased from 893,102 in 1995