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* According to the 2000 Census, from 1990 to 2000 the population of Clarke County, Georgia, increased by 15.86% and the population of adjacent Oconee County increased by 48.85%.
a. Can we calculate the percent increase in the total population of the two-county Clarke/Oconee area from 1990 to 2000 by adding 15.86% and 48.85%? Why or why not?
b. Use the census data in the table below to calculate the percent increase in the total population of the two-county Clarke/Oconee area from 1990 to 2000
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