SOLUTION: over night the price of gasoline per gallon increased from $2.50 per gallon to $5.00 per gallon. What was the percent increase?

Question 834024: over night the price of gasoline per gallon increased from $2.50 per gallon to $5.00 per gallon. What was the percent increase?
Found 2 solutions by sofiyac, stanbon:
Answer by sofiyac(983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the price has doubled
the price has gone up by 2.50 which is 100% of the original price of 2.50. Thus the percent increase is 100%
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
over night the price of gasoline per gallon increased from $2.50 per gallon to $5.00 per gallon. What was the percent increase?
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Quantity Increase: 5-2.5 = 2.5
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Percent increase: 2.5/2.5 = 1 = 100%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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