Question

Lola's puppy weighed 19 ounces on the second visit the puppy had gained 9 ounces on the third visit the puppy heaven gained another 7 ounces what is the percent increase since the first visit and the puppy weighed around to the nearest percent

Answer 1

84%

Explanation:

In order to calculate this, we first need to calculate the total weight of the puppy on the last visit. We do this by adding the weight that the puppy gained each visit like so...

19oz + 9oz + 7oz = 35oz

Now that we have the final weight we simply divide the final weight by the initial weight of the puppy in the first visit. Then we subtract 1 from that value and multiply by 100 to get the percentage increase.

35oz / 19oz = 1.84

1.84 - 1 = 0.84

0.84 * 100 = 84%

Finally, we can see that the puppy had an 84% increase since the first visit.