Question

A company’s sales of garden tractors increased about 106%

from 2007 to 2008. Th e number of tractors sold in 2007 was
347. How many tractors were sold in 2008?

Answer 1

715 garden tractors.

Explanation:

We have been given that a company’s sales of garden tractors increased about 106% from 2007 to 2008. The number of tractors sold in 2007 was 347.

So the number of tractors sold during 2008 will be 347 plus 106% of 347.

`\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+((106)/(100)* 347)`

`\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+(1.06* 347)`

`\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+367.82`

`\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=714.82\approx 715`

Therefore, 715 garden tractors were sold in 2008.