Pete Smith found in his attic a Woody Woodpecker watch in its original box. It had a price tag on it for $4.50. The watch was made in 1949. Pete brought the watch to an antiques dealer and sold it for $35. What was the percent of increase in price? (Round to the nearest hundredth percent.)

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nikato · Answer

to find the percent change, find the difference and divide that by the original.

whats the difference between 35 and 4.5?

anonymous · Answer

30.5

anonymous · Answer

i got 87.14 but when i entered that, it wasn't correct

nikato · Answer

30.5 is correct. but did you divide that by 4.5? 4.5 is your original amount.
you should get another answer

anonymous · Answer

Oh i see! okay i got 6.7777 and so on. so would it be 677.77%

nikato · Answer

yes. thats what ii got. is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

I believe so! the program's "check my work," isn't working right now. But i think thats right! thank you!

nikato · Answer

ok. no problem