Question

Amanda receives money from her relatives every year on her birthday. Last year, she

received a total of $68. This year, she received a total of $85. What is the percent of increase
in Amanda's annual birthday money?



What’s is the percent of increase in Amanda’s annual birthday money

Answer 1

We can call last years amount as 100 percent. that means 68-100. We want to know was 85 is so we can say 85-x. We have 68-100

85-x

Cross multiplying and solving for x we get 8500/68 =x x=125, so the answer is 125.