Question

he price of a pair of shoes increases from $68 to $77. What is the percent increase to the nearest percent?

Answer 1

Answer:

an increase of 12%

Step-by-step explanation:

68 divided by 77 is 0.88 approximately

100-88 is 12

Tip:

do this for increase and decrease in percentage question

divide small number by big number, and subtract the quotient from 100

Answer 2

Answer:

13%

Step-by-step explanation:

Percent increase is solved as such:

Percent Increase =  %∧ = $(\frac{New~Amount~-~Original~Amount}{Original~Amount}) ~*~10$

%∧ = $(\frac{77~-~68}{68}) ~*~100 = (\frac{9}{68}) ~*~100 = 0.13 * 100 = 13\%$

Remember you want to know what percentage the difference is compared to how much your original amount is.

Hope this helps :)