Let's analyze the question step-by-step to determine how many more people were in Cleveland than in Grantsville in 1990.
Given:
- The population of Cleveland in 1990 was 505,616 people.
- We need to find out how many more people were in Cleveland than in Grantsville, with a population difference of 505 people.
First, we recognize that we need to subtract the population difference from the population of Cleveland to find the population of Grantsville, which will directly answer our question.
The correct mathematical operation to perform here is subtraction because we want to find out how much larger Cleveland's population is compared to Grantsville's.
This can be expressed as:
[tex]\[ \text{Population of Cleveland} - \text{Population difference} = 505,616 - 505 \][/tex]
This subtraction will give us the number of people by which Cleveland's population exceeds Grantsville's population.
Therefore, the correct choice from the given options is:
A) [tex]\( 505,616 - 505 \)[/tex]
Performing the subtraction yields:
[tex]\[ 505,616 - 505 = \boxed{505,111} \][/tex]
This tells us that there were 505,111 more people in Cleveland than in Grantsville in 1990.
