Question

The price of a pair of shoes increases from $71 to $73. What is the percent increase to the nearest percent?

The percent increase is ____%

Answer 1

The percent increase to the nearest percent is 3%.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percent increase, we first subtract the initial price from the final price to determine the increase: $73 - $71 = $2.

Then, we divide the increase by the initial price and multiply by 100 to express it as a percentage: ($2 / $71) * 100 ≈ 2.82%.

Therefore, the percent increase to the nearest percent is approximately 3%.

Answer 2

the percent increase is 0.02%