Question

What is the percent change, rounded to the nearest hundredth, if 150 is increased to 260?

Answer 1

\[\color{Black}{\Rightarrow\% \text{ increase} = {increase \over original} \times 100 }\]

Answer 2

What is the increase here?

Answer 3

110%?

Answer 4

Yeah. The increase is 110, but not 110%.
What was the original value?

Answer 5

UMMM? 100

Answer 6

Nuh-uh! It's 150!

Answer 7

150?

Answer 8

Yeah. 150 was the original value, and then it was increased by 110 to make 260. Correct?

Answer 9

So you have to determine \[{110 \over 150} \times 100 \] and you get the percentage.

Answer 10

I GT 73.333

Answer 11

You are right, but it asks for the nearest hundredth.

Answer 12

70