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The price of a notebook has Risen to $9.61today. Yesterday’s price was $9.72 Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

User Kivan
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1.3 percent is the answer
User Robert Diamond
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Answer: 1.1%

Explanation:

$9.72 - $9.61 = .11

.11/9.60 = 0.01145833 x 100 = 1.1458333 round to the nearest tenth = 1.1%

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