Question

Last year, the price of the hamburger Wonderful Whopper was $2.40. This year the price increased to $2.70. If p is the percent increase in the price of the Whopper, which proportion can be used to compute p?

Answer 1

im not great at this im learning it to but im going to say b from what ive learned if you can find a better answer find it

Answer 2

Option D -
`(\$2.70-\$2.40)/(\$2.40)=(p)/(100)`

Explanation:

Given : Last year, the price of the hamburger Wonderful Whopper was $2.40. This year the price increased to $2.70. If p is the percent increase in the price of the Whopper.

To find : Which proportion can be used to compute p?

Solution :

Original price - $2.40

New price - $2.70

Percentage increase = p

The increased in percentage formula is

`\% \text{Increase}=\frac{\text{New-Original}}{\text{Original}} * 100`

Substitute the value,

`p=(\$2.70-\$2.40)/(\$2.40) * 100`

or
`(\$2.70-\$2.40)/(\$2.40)=(p)/(100)`

Therefore, option D is correct.