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The cost of a pound of nails increased from $2.33 to $2.52. What is the percent of increase to the nearest whole-number percent?
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The cost of a pound of nails increased from $2.33 to $2.52. What is the percent of increase to the nearest whole-number percent?

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The answer is 8%. Take the difference of the numbers, put that as the numerator and put the first number in the denominator. Then convert to a percentage. Viola!
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