Question

In "Percent greater than" problems, x% more than y is...

A) x - y
B) (x - y)/y
C) x/y
D) (x + y)/y

Answer 1

Option (D), The expression "x% more than y" represents the original value y plus x% of y, which can be written as (y × (100 + x))/100. The correct answer is the one that most closely represents this calculation.

Step-by-step explanation:

In "Percent greater than" problems, when we say x% more than y, it means we are looking for the amount that represents x% of y, and then adding that to y to get the total.

Mathematically, this is expressed as y + (x/100) × y.

This simplifies to y × (1 + x/100), which can be further simplified to (y × (100 + x))/100.

Therefore, the correct answer is D) (x + y)/y, if we allow for x to be interpreted as representing x% rather than just x.