Question

At the start of the week, you could run for 8 minutes. By the end of the week, you could run for 15 minutes. Which proportion could you use to find the percent increase in your running time?

7/15=n/100

8/7=n/100

7/8=n/100

8/15=n/100

Answer 1

The answer to this is 7/8=n/100

Answer 2

The formula for finding percent increase is:
(Final - Initial)/Final * 100 = n
Divide both sides by 100 and you get:
(final-initial)/Final = n/100
Plug in all the numbers, and you get:
(15-8)/15 = n/100, or
7/15 = n/100

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