Question

In one year Angelicas height went from 60 inches to 63 inches what was the percent of increase in Angelicas height

Answer 1

63-60=3
3 is what percent of 60?
multiply: x/100= 3/60
60x=300
divide by 60 on both sides
x=5

5% increase

you can also simply do 63/60 and subtract the "whole" which is 1 to get the increase since what you are trying to find out is 60 x ? = 63. But since it is asking for the percent increase, 1.05 would be adding 60x1.05 to 60 but what you actually want is 60x.05.

Answer 2

5%.

Explanation:

We have been given that in one year Angelica's height went from 60 inches to 63 inches. We are asked to percent of increase in Angelica's height.

`\text{Percent change}=\frac{\text{Final}-\text{Initial}}{\text{Initial}}* 100`

`\text{Percent change}=(63-60)/(60)* 100`

`\text{Percent change}=(3)/(60)* 100`

`\text{Percent change}=(1)/(20)* 100`

`\text{Percent change}=5\%`

Therefore, the percent change of increase in Angelica's height is 5%.