SOLUTION: How is percentage changes worked out? Eample: If you were earning $400 a week and received a $10 raise, by what percent was your salary increased?

SOLUTION: How is percentage changes worked out? Eample: If you were earning $400 a week and received a $10 raise, by what percent was your salary increased?

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Question 159091: How is percentage changes worked out?
Eample: If you were earning $400 a week and received a $10 raise, by what percent was your salary increased?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is like asking "how much is $10 a percent of $400?". ----> The answer is how much increase you got (in %).
=2.5%, amount of increase you have.
To check:
=$10, amount of increase at 2.5% of $400.
Thank you,
Jojo
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