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Percent of increase is when amount goes up;
\n" ); document.write( "lets say you need to know the percent of increase when an amount of an item changes from $1.18 to 1.38,so you subtract new amount from original amount and divide that by original amount;
\n" ); document.write( " $\"percent+increase+=+100++%280.20%2F1.18%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "% increase = 100 * 0.169 = 16.9%
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