The first after the museum of science opened, it had 2,500 visitors. the number of visitors increased by 20% the second week. how many people visited the museum of science the second week? ( show the )

To begin, we know it already had 2,500 visitors. We need to multiply to find the number it increased by. 20% written as a decimal is 0.2 because you move the decimal point 2 times to the left. 2,500 multiplied by 0.2 is 500, so now we know how many MORE people visited the second week. To find the TOTAL amount of people who visited, we simply add them, getting our final answer of 3,000 people.

I don't think they are equivalent. try it yourself