Question

A brand of cereal had 1.21, , 2 milligrams of iron per serving. Then they changed their recipe so they had 1.81 , 8, of iron per serving. What was the percent increase in iron

Answer 1

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Answer 2

49.58 percents increase in iron

Explanation:

• Step 1: get the difference between the two cecreals: 1.81 - 1.21 = 0.6 mg

• Step 2: divide the difference by the original number and then multiply the quotient by 100 to get the percentage % of increase = (0.6/1.21) * 100 = 49.58%

So there are 49.58 percents increase in iron