Question

You need a 15% increase on the sale of paper towels over last month to

reach your sales goals for the quarter. Paper towel sales for last month
totaled 7,200 rolls. How many additional paper towel units do you need to
sell this month to achieve your sales goal?

Answer 1

To achieve a 15% increase in sales of paper towels over last month, we need to first calculate what 15% of last month's sales are:

15% of 7,200 = 0.15 × 7,200 = 1,080

This means we need to sell an additional 1,080 rolls of paper towels this month to achieve our sales goal.