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Question 1134653: ​"The unemployment rate has risenrisen more than a percentage point to 8.78.7​% in February from 6.8 %6.8% last​ November." What is the relative change in the unemployment rate expressed as a​ percentage?
The unemployment rate has risen by how much percent?
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The percent increase is the amount of the increase, divided by the original number; multiplied by 100 to convert to a percentage:

%28%288.7-6.8%29%2F6.8%29%2A100 = 27.94% to 2 decimal places.

Note: The actual percentage increase might be a good deal more or less than that number. To get a more accurate number for the percent increase, the given unemployment rates need to be accurate to more than one decimal place.