Question

Find the percentage of change. In 2016, 136.75 million votes were cast for the presidential election. In 2020 151.8 million votes have been counted . What’s the percentage of change ?

Answer 1

11.0% increase

Explanation:

The percentage change can be found from ...

((new value)/(old value) -1) × 100%

= (151.8/136.75 -1) × 100%

≈ (1.1100548 -1) × 100%

≈ 11.0% . . . . . increase