Question

Alexed scored a 72 on his first finance exam. He then studied more inpreparation for the second finance exam and scored a 90.What is the percent difference between his two scores?

Answer 1

25%

Step-by-step explanation

The percent difference is:

`\frac{\text{ final score - initial score}}{\text{ initial score}}*100`

In this problem, the initial score was 72 and the final score was 90:

`(90-72)/(72)*100=(18)/(72)*100=0.25*100=25\text{ \%}`