SOLUTION: Some Manitoba resechers measured wheat heights to see how the height was affected by by fertilizer application. A crop with no fertilizer reached a height of 79.4 cm, and one that

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Question 1063873: Some Manitoba resechers measured wheat heights to see how the height was affected by by fertilizer application. A crop with no fertilizer reached a height of 79.4 cm, and one that received fertilizer reached a height of 102.4 cm. What was the percent increase with the fertilizer application? Give your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
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Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source):
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(102.4 - 79.4)/(79.4) * 100% = 28.97%

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Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            It is strange to me to see so crude mistake in so simple and routine task in the post by @Penguin.

            I came to bring the correct solution.

The percent increase is = 28.97%.

Solved (correctly).

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