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Question 31 The FAA, now figures the average checked bag to weigh 22 pounds. This is up from a previous figure of 10 pounds. Find the amount of increase and the percent of increase, to the nearest whole percent. Amount increase: pounds Percent of increase: %

Answer 1

Amount of increase is 10 pounds

Perecentage of increase is 120%

Here, we want to calculate the amount of increase and the percentage of increase

To get the amount of increase, we simply subtract the old value from the new value

Mathematically, we have that as;

`22-10\text{ = 12 pounds}`

The whole percentage increase can be calculated using the formula below;

`\begin{gathered} \text{percentage increase = }\frac{new\text{ value - old value}}{\text{old value}}\text{ }*\text{ 100\%} \\ \\ =\text{ }(22-10)/(10)\text{ }*100\text{ = }(12)/(10)*100\text{ = 120\%} \end{gathered}`