Question

Find the percent change from $20 to $25? Please show steps

Answer 1

$\boxed {\boxed {\text {Percentage Change = } \dfrac{\text {Change}}{\text {Original}} \times 100}}$

$\text {Change} = 25 - 20 = 5$

$\text {Percentage Change} = \dfrac{5}{20} \times 100 = 25%$

$\boxed {\boxed {\text{Answer : Percentage Change = 25\% }}}$

Answer 2

Step 1 : calculate the difference between the 2 numbers:  25 -20 = 5

step 2: divide the difference by the original amount: 5 /20 = 0.25

step 3: multiply the decimal by 100 to get the percentage:  0.25 * 100 = 25% increase