Question

the price of a candy bar in a vending machine increased from 1.35 to 2.75. what is the percent increase? give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

The percentage increase is 103.7%.

Answer 2

103.7%

Explanation:

Given the following question:

Original price = $1.35
New price = $2.75

Find the percent change. To find the percent change we will use the formula to calculate the percent change of course rounding if needed.


`(np* op)/(op) *100`

`(2.75*1.35)/(1.35) *100`

`2.75 - 1.35/1.35* 100% =`

`=103.7037037037`

Round to the nearest tenth:

`103.7037037037`

`0 < 5`

`103.7`

1.35 to 2.75 is a "103.7%" increase.

Hope this helps.