SOLUTION: 1. A club's membership increased from 25 to 30 members. a. Find the new membership as a percent of the old membership. b. Express teh old membership as a percent of the new m

Question 1135513: 1. A club's membership increased from 25 to 30 members.
a. Find the new membership as a percent of the old membership.
b. Express teh old membership as a percent of the new membership.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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a)  The ANSWER is   = 120% .


    Notice that I first write the fraction , since the number 25 is the base of comparison / (reference value) in this case;

    then I multiplied by 100 to get percentage.



b)  The ANSWER is   = 83.33% (approximately).


    Notice that I first write the fraction , since the number 30 is the base of comparison / (reference value) in this case;

    then I multiplied by 100 to get percentage.

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