SOLUTION: You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps: ·Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006. ·Find what percent that increase

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Question 121754: You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps:

·Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.
·Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales.

2. What was the percent growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006? Do all your work by using scientific notation.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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"Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006":
To find the increase, simply subtract 5.8%2A10%5E10 (remember this is the number 58,200,000,000) from 9.08%2A10%5E10 (this is the number 90,800,000,000)

9.08%2A10%5E10-5.82%2A10%5E10 Subtract


10%5E10%289.08-5.82%29 Factor out 10%5E10


10%5E10%283.26%29 Subtract 9.08-5.82 to get 3.26


3.26%2A10%5E10 Multiply note: this is the number $32,600,000,000


So from 2002 to 2006, the sales increased by 3.26%2A10%5E10 dollars



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"Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales"


Now to find the percent, simply divide 5.8%2A10%5E10 by 3.26%2A10%5E10:



%285.8%2A10%5E10%29%2F%283.26%2A10%5E10%29=5.8%2F3.26=1.779


Now multiply 1.779 by 100 to get the percentage

1.779%2A100=177.9


So the percent increase is 177.9%