SOLUTION: 72 is increased to 117. Find each percent of increase. where necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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: 72 is increased to 117. Find each percent of increase. where necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent. This question is from textbook

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Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 72 is INCREASED TO 117, this means that 72 is INCREASED BY

The percents of increase is defined as the amount of increase divided by the original amount.

Here, the original amount is 72. And, the amount of increase is 45. So, the percent increase is equal to %

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Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
117/72=1.625 OR AN INCREASE OF 62.5%
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