SOLUTION: You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot�s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps: �Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006. �Find what percent that increase

Question 121754: You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot�s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps:

�Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.
�Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales.

2. What was the percent growth in Home Depot�s sales from 2002 to 2006? Do all your work by using scientific notation.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006":
To find the increase, simply subtract (remember this is the number 58,200,000,000) from (this is the number 90,800,000,000)

Subtract

Factor out

Subtract to get

Multiply note: this is the number $32,600,000,000

So from 2002 to 2006, the sales increased by dollars

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"Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales"

Now to find the percent, simply divide by :

Now multiply by 100 to get the percentage

So the percent increase is 177.9%
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