Myra’s stamp collection consisted of 120 stamps in October. In March, her collection grew to 138 stamps. Find the percent increase between October and March?????????

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anonymous · Answer

she had 18 stamps mor in March then in october. So how much is (18/120)*100

anonymous · Answer

15

anonymous · Answer

right

anonymous · Answer

myko i'm just curious, if your looking for the percent of change shouldn't you just do

120 * X = 138 ?? i'm no math wizard but that's what i would say.

anonymous · Answer

in your case: X=138/120. What this exactly represents?

anonymous · Answer

woops sorry thank you!