Question

Last year, you made $60997. This year, you made $66778. What is your percent increase from last year?

Answer 1

66778 / 60997 = 1.094775

Therefore your percent of increase is 9.477%


Step-by-step explanation:
When you divide the two numbers like I did, you are figuring out how much more this years amount is

We found out it was 1.09….

You can ignore the 1, because that just represents the first amount, everything after the one is an increase from there

So ignore the one, and you have 0.09477

To turn decimals into a percent, multiply by 100, which gives you 9.477%

Answer 2

This would be an increase of 9.47752

Rounded 9.5.