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What is the percent increase from $5 to $8 rounded to the nearest percent
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What is the percent increase from $5 to $8 rounded to the nearest percent

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$8 - $5 = $3, so we may want to find out how much percent of 5 is 3. 3 = x% of 5 3 = x/100 * 5 3 = x/20 * 1 3 = x/20 / * 20 (both sides) x = 60 [percent] So now we know that 3 is 60% of 5. It also means that the increase from $5 to $8 was by 60%.
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