Question

3186 people contributed to charity. this was an increase of 486 people over last year. Express the increase as a percentage.

Answer 1

18%

Explanation:

Given data

People that contributed the last year= 3186-486

=2700people

Hence the percentage change

=486/2700*100

=0.18*100

=18%

Hence the change in the number of people that contributed is 18%