Question

Susanne runs a bakery. Five years ago the bakery sold 224 loaves of bread each day. Today they sell 329 loaves each day. What percent of increase in the number of loaves sold each day?

The percent of increase is %
(type a whole number or a decimal)​

Answer 1

46.875% - (rounded answers shown below)

Explanation:

Percent increase can be calculated by this formula:

(new-original)/original * 100.

In this problem, the 'new' value is 329 because it is the large value and is the more recent out of the two values. Therefore, the 'original' value is 224, because it is the value that is less recent than 329.

So, plugging this into the formula, (329-224)/224. This becomes 105/224, which is 0.46875. We multiply this by 100, and the value then becomes 46.875.

If you want to round this percent, it becomes 47% (whole number) or 46.9% (decimal rounded to the nearest tenth)

Answer 2

224-329/224=
46.875% increase