Question

Kim picked 250 pounds of pears yesterday and 287 pounds of pears today. What is the percentage increase of

Answer 1

Given:

Kim picked 250 pounds of pears yesterday and 287 pounds of pears today.

To find:

The percentage increase of  amount of pears picked by Kim.

Solution:

We know that,

$\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{\text{New value - Initial value}}{\text{Initial value}}\times 100$

$\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{287-250}{250}\times 100$

$\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{37}{25}\times 10$

$\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{370}{25}$

$\%\text{ increase}=14.8$

Therefore, the percentage increase of  amount of pears picked by Kim is 14.8%.