Question

The price of an item yesterday was $180. Today, the price rose to $279. Find the percentage increase.

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Answer 1

55% increase

Explanation:

First I want to say I recommend using sites like Calculator soup, and finding the option "percent increase calculator", for problems like these instead of wasting any points that you could use later on, and Secondly (happy to help), oof and third:

1) subtract the final value minus the starting value

279 - 180= 99

2) Divide that amount by the absolute value of the starting value

99 divided by 180 equals .55

3) Multiply by 100 to get percent increase

changes to 55.00 (final answer 55%)

4) If the percentage is negative, it means there was a decrease and not an increase.

Percentage Increase Formula

Answer 2

Explanation:

Percentage increase = (279 - 180)/180 x 100% = 55%

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