Question

. The middle school girls' softball team only won 14 games last year. This year,

they won 26 games. What is the percent increase of games won this year over
last year?

Answer 1

A change from 14 to 26 represents a positive change (increase) of 85.7142857143%

Explanation:

Use the formula:

New - Old / Old x 100%

In other words, new(26) minus old(14) divided by old(14) time 100%

14 is the old value and 26 is the new value. In this case we have a positive change (increase) of 85.7142857143 percent because the new value is greater than the old value.

Answer 2

85.71 %

Explanation:

26-14=12

12/14= 0.8571

0.8571x100= 85.71