SOLUTION: Tickets to the Superbowl were selling for $325. When it got closer to the big game ticket prices skyrocketed to $3055. What was the percent of increase

Question 69307: Tickets to the Superbowl were selling for $325. When it got closer to the big game ticket prices skyrocketed to $3055. What was the percent of increase
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tickets to the Superbowl were selling for $325. When it got closer to the big game ticket prices skyrocketed to $3055. What was the percent of increase
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3055-325 = 2730 (this is the amount of the increase)
2730/325=8.4 (this is the increase factor)
8.4= 840/100 = 840% (this is the percent increase)
Cheers,
Stan H>
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Percent increase equals the amount of increase divided by the original amount times 100. In other words:
this equals:
and this equals:

Hope this helps----ptaylor

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