Question

The price of an item has risen to $216 today. Yesterday it was $160. Find the percentage increase.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The price of an item has risen to $216 today. Yesterday it was $160. The percentage increase is 35%

Solution:

Yesterday, the price of the above mentioned item was $160

Today, the price of the same item has risen to become $216

Thus, percentage increase is price is given as

`P \%=\frac{\text { Difference in price }}{\text { Old price }} * 100`

Thus, percentage increase in this case is

`P \%=(\$ 216-\$ 160)/(\$ 160) * 100`

`=\left((56)/(160)\right) * 100`

`0.35 * 100 = 35`

So, the percentage increase in the item of the price from what it was yesterday to what it had risen today is equal to 35%

The percentage increase is 35%.