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Use the muliplier method to increase 88 pound by 14% show your working

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Answer:

100.32

Explanation:

Since the question is asking to INCREASE, you want to multiply 88 by 1.14

This is because a percent is a number multiplied by 100 (For example 0.1 is 10%)

Whenever you want to increase by a percent, you add 100% to the number.

So:

88 * 1.14 =

100.32

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