Question

lettuce is shipped to stores at .20 a head and stores sell it at .44 a head how much percent increase. I came up with 54.4%. Doesn't seemright

Answer 1

0.20 are hundred parts
one part is 0.20/100 = 0.002

0.44/0.002 = 220 parts
cost at store is 220% of original cost

increase: 220%-100 = 120%

Answer 2

Ok, Thank you. I see where i went wrong.