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\n" ); document.write( "A store gets a bucket of eggs for $16.20 and sells a dozen eggs for $3.50. If there are 450 eggs in the bucket, by what percent has the store increased the price per dozen eggs?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #631907 by stanbon(75887) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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A store gets a bucket of eggs for $16.20 and sells a dozen eggs for $3.50. If there are 450 eggs in the bucket, by what percent has the store increased the price per dozen eggs?
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\n" ); document.write( "# of dozen in 450:: 450/12 = 37.5
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\n" ); document.write( "Original cost per dozen:: 16.20/37.5 = $0.432 or 43.2 cents per dozen
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\n" ); document.write( "Increased cost per dozen when sold:: 3.50-0.432 = $3.068
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\n" ); document.write( "Ans: Percent increase of a dozen eggs:: $3.068/$0.432 = 7.10185 = 710.185%
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