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Mrs. Fowler looked at another hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at that hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1195. The price for the same room and same number of nights is now $2075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest whole percent. Explain and Show your work.

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2075-1195=880$ is the amount of increase

880/1195=0,74 now you only need to multiply with 100
0,74*100=74%
So the price increased by 74%
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