Question

the price of a gallon of unleaded gas was $2.84 yesterday today the price is $2.89 what is the percentage increase

Answer 1

As per given by the question,

There are given that the price of unleaded gas was $2.84yesterday and today price is $2.89.

Now,

The yesterday price is $2.84, and today price is $2.89.

So,

The increases price is,

`2.89-2.84=0.05`

Then,

The percentage of the increases price is;

`\begin{gathered} (2.89-2.84)/(2.84)*100 \\ \end{gathered}`

Then,

`\begin{gathered} (2.89-2.84)/(2.84)*100=(0.05)/(2.84)*100 \\ =1.76 \\ \approx1.8 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the percentage increases price is 1.8%