Question

The town of Maxwell increased its annual budget from $1,300,000 to 1,800,000. Find the percent increase in the budget . HELP PLEASE

Answer 1

What is the change in budget? Ie what is the increase amount?

Answer 2

500,000

Answer 3

now divide that change by the original amount


(500,000)/(1,300,000) = 0.3846


and finally multiply that by 100 to convert over to a percentage: 0.3846*100 = 38.46%

Answer 4

so you have roughly a 38.46% increase

Answer 5

i have to round it to the nearest tenth

Answer 6

38.46% -----> 38.5%

Answer 7

you look in the tenths place, then look to the next digit over

if it's greater than 5, you round up. If not, you round down

Answer 8

thanks