Question

the price of a candy bar in a vending machine increased from 1.35 to 2.75. what is the percent increase? give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

The percentage increase is 103.7%.

Answer 2

Answer:

103.7%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the following question:

Original price = $1.35
New price = $2.75

Find the percent change. To find the percent change we will use the formula to calculate the percent change of course rounding if needed.

$\frac{np\times op}{op} \times100$
$\frac{2.75\times1.35}{1.35} \times100$
$2.75 - 1.35\div1.35\times 100% =$
$=103.7037037037$

Round to the nearest tenth:
$103.7037037037$
$0 < 5$
$103.7$

1.35 to 2.75 is a "103.7%" increase.

Hope this helps.