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Please help with the proportions word problem!!

Jillian wants to buy an $80 pair of boots. Before she can, the store raises the price by $24. By what percentage did they raise the price? Use proportions to solve the problem.

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All you need to is 80-24=56 so your answer is 56
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Answer:

30%

Explanation:

the percent of 24 of 80 is 30% so they rasid the price 30% percent of 80

6th grader here sorry if wrong

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