The price of a pair of shoes increases from $65 to $81. What is the percent increase to the
nearest percent?

Question

contestada

Respuesta :

absor201 absor201 · Answer 1 · 2021-01-27T15:16:19+01:00

Answer:

Percent increase = 25%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Old price of shoes = $65

New price of shoes = $81

Difference = 81 - 65

Difference = 16

Percent increase = [tex]\frac{Difference}{Old\ price}*100[/tex]

Percent increase = [tex]\frac{16}{65}*100[/tex]

Percent increase = 0.246 * 100

Percent increase = 24.6%

Rounding off to nearest whole number

Increase = 25%

Hence,

Percent increase = 25%

Answer Link