Question

in Mexico this year monarch butterflies are occupying 14.99 acres in the mountain of miochan. that's an increase from 6.12 acres a year ago. what is we percent of change

Answer 1

144.93%

Step-by-step explanation

The percent of change is:

`\frac{\text{ final value - initial value}}{\text{ initial value}}*100`

In this problem the initial value is the acres from a year ago: 6.12 acres and the final value is the acres from this year: 14.99 acres. The percent of change is:

`(14.99-6.12)/(6.12)*100\approx144.93\text{ \%}`

The percent of change is more than 100% because there's an increase that's more than the double.