City populations

This task is about adding and subtracting decimal numbers.

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a)  The population of a city went up from 1.83 million to 2.54 million. 

     What was the population increase?

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b)  In another city the population went down from 1.72 million to 1.39 million. 

     What was the population decrease?

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c)  Before the population changes, what was the total population of the two cities?