Question

Coras kitten weighs 1200 grams if he weighed 550 grams at the visit to the veteranarians office, what is thepecent increase in the kittens weight rounded to the nearest whope number ?

Answer 1

Answer:

118%

Step-by-step explanation:

The kitten's initial weight was 550 grams.  Subtracting that from its current weight, 1200 grams, we see that the weight gain was 650 grams.

This increase, divided by the initial weight, comes out to

650 grams

------------------ = 1.1818

550 grams

As a percentage, rounded off to the nearest whole number, the kitten's increase in weight was 118%.