document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1113295>Question 1113295</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a pencil cost 10-cents, then, the pencils increase to 25-cents each, what is the percent of increase for pencils...? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Percent increase = (amount of increase)/(original price), multiplied by 100 to change the answer to a percent.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount of increase: 25-10 = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "original: 10<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The increase in the cost was 150%. </SPAN>\n" );
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