Question

There were 134 people in attendance at the high school football game last week this week there were 246 people in attendance at the school football game what is the percentage change from last week to this week

Answer 1

Hello!

The answer is: 83.5%

Why?

First, we need to find how much was the increase. From the statement, we know that there were 134 people in attendance , and this week there were 246 people in attendance, so, the increase was of 112 people.

To calculate the percentage change, we have to follow the next steps:

First,

Calculate the difference between the attendances:

$LastWeekAttendance=134\\ThisWeekAttendance=246\\AttendanceIncrease=246-134=112$

So, there were 112 people in attendance more than the last week.

Second,

To calculate the percent of increase, we have to divide the difference of people in attendance by last week people in attendance, and then multiply the result by 100:

$Percent=\frac{112}{134}*100=0.835*100=83.5$

So, the percentage change from last week to this week is (+)83.5%

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