SOLUTION: If you want to find the % increase from 281 students in 2008 to 1425 in 2009 how do you set this up to solve?

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Question 218907: If you want to find the % increase from 281 students in 2008 to 1425 in 2009 how do you set this up to solve?
Answer by RAY100(1637) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
% increase is the amt of increase divided by original number
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(1425 - 281)/281 = 1144/281 =4.071 = 407.1 %
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