SOLUTION: Help solve: average tuition in 1990 was $2035.00. By 2000 it had risen approx 85%. What was the approx. cost in 2000

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Question 53109: Help solve:
average tuition in 1990 was $2035.00. By 2000 it had risen approx 85%. What was the approx. cost in 2000
Answer by consc198(59) About Me  (Show Source):
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85 divided by 100 = 0.85
0.85 x $2035 = $1729.75
Approx. Cost = $1700