Question

In preparation for the holiday season, Big Bird Co. decided to increase production of stuffed Bert characters by 30%.

If the company had been producing 350 Bert characters per day, how many additional characters will the factory be creating per day?

Answer 1

the additional characters will the factory creating per day is 105 characters

Explanation:

The computation of the additional characters will the factory creating per day is shown below

= Number of character produced × (1 + increased percentage)

= 350 × (1 + 0.30)

= 350 × 1.30

= 455 characters

Now the additional characters would be

= 455 - 350

= 105 characters

hence, the additional characters will the factory creating per day is 105 characters