Question

dr.puegan also treated 440 dogs the precentageobese doge increased from 52.5% in 2010 to 55.0% in 2011 what was the precent increase

Answer 1

since there are two number and they want you to find the increase,
you just sutract the 1st number from the 2nd number and get the increase
so -52.5+55.0=2.5

so let's say they wanted to find the increase from 1 to 3
you would subtract 1 from 3 which would give you 2