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At a supermarket the hourly pay increased from $14.00 to $15.50. What is the percent increase in pay?

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The pay increased from $14 to $15.5. The amount of increase is

15.5 - 14 = $1.5

percentage is expressed in terms of 100

The percentage increase would be the ratio of the increase to the original pay multiplied by 100. It becomes

1.5/14 * 100 = 10.71%

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