It rose 29 degrees in that time frame
So to find percent increase, you want to minus the difference in cost..
1.09- 0.87= .22...
now divide the difference by the original....
.22 ÷ .87 = .25287.....etc
now multiply that by 100...
.25287 × 100 = 25.287
now it says round to the nearest tenth so...
25.29% increase.
A square root can’t be a negative value, so the root would be greater than or equal to zero.
Range:
Y>=O
[O, infinity)
Let's called the number we're searching for x.
We have 1/3=x/16. Multiply by 16 on both sides : x=16/3