There were 160 hours of sunshine in May.The sunshine hours increased to 180 in June. Find the percentage of hours increased ? Explain please

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Urvashi Bhagat · Answer 1 · 2020-06-22T01:26:16+0000

Subtract May from June to find the difference:

180 - 160 = 20 hours.

Divide the difference by the hours in May:

20 / 160 = 0.125

Multiply by 100:

0.125 x 100 = 12.5% increase.