SOLUTION: if a college bookstore sold 50 textbookss last week and 60 textbooks this week, what is the percent increase in books sold from last week to this week?

SOLUTION: if a college bookstore sold 50 textbookss last week and 60 textbooks this week, what is the percent increase in books sold from last week to this week?

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Question 212460: if a college bookstore sold 50 textbookss last week and 60 textbooks this week, what is the percent increase in books sold from last week to this week?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the number of the increase:

Now divide this by the starting number:
Now multiply this by 100 to get the percentage of increase.
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