Question

Last year, Dr. Alvarado saw 540 patients. This year, he saw 1,053 patients. What is the percent of increase in the number of patients seen each year?

Answer 1

Given:

Last year, Dr. Alvarado saw 540 patients.

This year, he saw 1053 patients.

To find:

The percent of increase in the number of patients seen each year.

Solution:

We know that,

`\%\text{Increase}=\frac{\text{New value - Initial value}}{\text{Initial value}}* 100`

On substituting the given values, we get

`\%\text{Increase}=(1053-540)/(540)* 100`

`\%\text{Increase}=(513)/(540)* 100`

`\%\text{Increase}=(5130)/(54)`

`\%\text{Increase}=95\%`

Therefore, the number of patients increased by 95% each year.