Question

The Waltzer's average phone bill increased from $13.30 to $15.96. What is the percent of increase?

Answer 1

15.96 - 13.30
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13.30

Answer 2

the difference between the bills
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what the bill used to be

Answer 3

.2 ?

Answer 4

gonna make me get a calculator arent you :) or i could just google it ;)

Answer 5

lol , sorry :)

Answer 6

.2 is the decimal representation of 20/100

which means we have 20% increase

Answer 7

can you help me w. one more ?

Answer 8

maybe :)

Answer 9

Jason is 48% short of a goal he made for the week. His goal is to earn $375. For each CD player he sells, he earns $45. How many CD players does he need to sell to meet his goal ?

Answer 10

45 times what = 375? tells us how many he needs to sell to reach his goal right?

Answer 11

375/45 = number need to sell

Answer 12

he needs to sell 8.3 which is a rediculous number... so 8 is not enough, so he has to sell 9 of them right?

Answer 13

yeah.

Answer 14

375(.48) tells us how much hes short....

Answer 15

Ok ..

Answer 16

the kids 180 short of his goal... how many cds does he need to sell to make $180 ?

180/45 right?

Answer 17

right .

Answer 18

180/45 = 4 more cds to reach his goal

Answer 19

thanks :)

Answer 20

i knew i could do it lol

Answer 21

me too ;)