Question

A large company increased its sales from last year to this year by 34%.

Last year's sales were about $288,000,000.

What were this year's sales to the nearest million dollars?

Answer 1

Given:

The last year sales = $288,000,000

Company increased its sales from last year to this year by 34%.

To find:

The this year's sales to the nearest million dollars.

Solution:

We have,

The last year sales = $288 million

The company increased its sales from last year to this year by 34%. So,

This year's sales
`=288+288* (34)/(100)`

`=288+97.92`

`=385.92`

`\approx 386`

Therefore, this year's sales were 386 million dollars or $386,000,000.