The market bought grapes for $0.87 a pound and sold them for $1.09 a pound. What is the percent for increace rounded to the near

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muminat

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The market bought grapes for $0.87 a pound and sold them for $1.09 a pound. What is the percent for increace rounded to the near

est tenth?

Mathematics

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Len [333] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-18T04:13:24+03:00

Len [333]2 years ago

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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.