Question

he price of a pair of shoes increases from $68 to $77. What is the percent increase to the nearest percent?

Answer 1

13%

Explanation:

Percent increase is solved as such:

Percent Increase = %∧ =
`((New~Amount~-~Original~Amount)/(Original~Amount)) ~*~10`

%∧ =
`((77~-~68)/(68)) ~*~100 = ((9)/(68)) ~*~100 = 0.13 * 100 = 13\%`

Remember you want to know what percentage the difference is compared to how much your original amount is.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

an increase of 12%

Explanation:

68 divided by 77 is 0.88 approximately

100-88 is 12

Tip:

do this for increase and decrease in percentage question

divide small number by big number, and subtract the quotient from 100