Question

The price of milk increased from $3.25 to $3.75. What is the percent of change for the price of milk to the nearest tenth? Show your work.

Answer 1

The answer is 15.4%

Step-by-step explanation:

3.75−3.25=

0.5 US dollars.

0.5/3.25

=

0.1538

As a percentage form :

=

100

×

0.1538

=

15.38 %

or simply

15.4

Answer 2

Percent = part/whole

It wants you to find the % of change so it's 3.25 / 3.75
And that comes out to be 0.86 (with the 6 repeating)
So you move the decimal over 2 places to find the percent.
And then it's 1 - Ans

The answer is 13.33%