Question

A company’s sales of garden tractors increased about 106%

Answer 1

Answer:

715 garden tractors.    

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a company’s sales of garden tractors increased about 106%  from 2007 to 2008. The number of tractors sold in 2007 was  347.

So the number of tractors sold during 2008 will be 347 plus 106% of 347.

$\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=\text{Number of tractors sold in year 2007+ Increase in number of tractors in 2008}$

$\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+(\frac{106}{100}\times 347)$

$\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+(1.06\times 347)$

$\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=347+367.82$

$\text{Number of tractors sold during 2008}=714.82\approx 715$

Therefore, 715 garden tractors were sold in 2008.