document.write( "Question 964346: A child is given an allowance of $1.25 per day for chores. The parent says they will increase the allowance by 75 cents per day after a month. What is the percent increase the child receives?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #589237 by josgarithmetic(39623)\"\" \"About 
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Start with 1.25.
\n" ); document.write( "Change to 1.25+0.75=2.00.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Amount of increase was given, 0.75.
\n" ); document.write( "What PERCENT increase, how many parts of 100 original parts?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.75%2F1.25=p%2F100+\", a proportion.
\n" ); document.write( "p is the number of parts in one-hundred parts of the starting number.
\n" ); document.write( "Seventy five hundreds is how many parts per hundred original parts of 1.25?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Just solve the proportion.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2875%2F125%29100\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%28100%2F5%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%2A20\"\r
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