Question

The cost of a jacket increased from $60.00 to $71.40. What is the percentage increase of the cost of the jacket?

Answer 1

$71.40 - 60 = 11.40$

to find the increase of percentage, divide the amount of increasing price with intial price and multiply with 100%

$\frac{11.40}{60} \times 100\% = 19\%$

so the cost of jacket has increased 19%

Answer 2

Answer:

19%

Step-by-step explanation:

Percentage increase = ( (final value - original value) / original value ) x 100

= ( ($71.40 - $60.00) / $60.00 ) x 100

= 19%