Question

Your hourly salary increased from $9 to $19. What is the percent increase in your salary?

Answer 1

Given :

Initial salary , $S_i=\ 9$ .

Final salary , $S_f=\ 19$ .

To Find :

The percent increase in the salary .

Solution :

Percentage increase is given by :

$\%=\dfrac{final - initial }{initial}\times 100\\\\\%=\dfrac{19-9}{9}\times 100\\\\\%=\dfrac{10}{9}\times 100\\\\\%=111.11 \%$

Therefore , % increase is 111.11 % .

Hence , this is the required solution .