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A popular brand of running shoes cost a local store $68 for each pair. If the store sells the shoes for $119, what is the percent of increase in the price

User Dronik
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Okay, to start, we need to find how much they increased the price!

$119 - $68 = $51

They increased the total price by $59

To find the percent of increase, we need to know what percent of $68 is $59

We can discover this with simple division

59 / 68 = 0.867

This means that there was about an 87% increase in price for the shoes!

What a rip-off lol

I hope I helped! :)

User Owe
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Answer:

There is a 75% increase in price

Explanation:

119/68 = 1.75 (percentage increase)

68*1.75 = 119

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