Question

Last week bananas costed 0.79 per pound this week they cost 0.89 per pound (need the percent change)

Answer 1

12.7% increase

Explanation:

The percentage change can be found from ...

(change)/(original) × 100%

(0.89 -0.79)/(0.79) × 100% = 10/79 × 100% ≈ 12.7% . . . increase