Question

The cost of admission to the state fair changed from 8.50 last year to 10.00 this year.round to the nearest tenth show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

A. What is the percent of change from last year to this year.

Answer: The percent of change from last year to this year is:

$\frac{10.00 - 8.50}{8.50} \times 100$

$\frac{1.50}{8.50} \times 100$

$17.65 \%$

Therefore, the percent change from last year to this year is 17.65%

B. Is this a percent increase or decrease?

Answer: This is a percent increase.

C. If you have 25% off coupon to use on 10.00 ticket what is the cost?

Answer: The 25% of 10.00 is given below:

$\frac{25}{100} \times 10.00$

$0.25 \times 10.00$

$2.5$

Therefore, the cost is:

$10.00 -2.5 =7.5$