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4 years ago

The price of a pair of shoes increases from $52 to $64. What is the percent increase to the nearest percent ?

Mathematics

2 answers:

lina2011 [118]4 years ago

8 0

Answer: 23%

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{52}{64} =\frac{100}{x}$

$x=\frac{64*100}{52} \\x=123$

123-100=23%

lys-0071 [83]4 years ago

6 0

Answer:

23%

Step-by-step explanation:

what we know:

the original price- $52

the new price- $64

The definition of percent increase is:

new price-$64

----------------------

original price-$52

We determine the percent of increase:

64-52 12 23

------------- = ------ ----> 0.23 = ------

52 52 100

-23%-

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