Question

Maybelle looked at a hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at that hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1195. The price for the same room and the same number of nights is now $2075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest whole percent. Explain and Show your work.
-20 points. Better yet, 30 points!! Please help!

Diff in price = %
_________ _________ thats the formula i think...
original price 100

Answer 1

The formula for percent increase is (final-initial)/initial*100
Plug in to get (2075-1195)/1195*100
880/1195*100
.7364*100
73.64% rounding we get
74%