Question

What is the percent of increase from 25 to 35?
A.
10%

B.
29%

C.
40%

D.
71%

Answer 1

Percentage: initial/final
Thus (25/35)100%

Answer 2

is it A?

Answer 3

What is your reasoning behind choosing A?

Answer 4

well all i did was add 10 to 25

Answer 5

is it the right answer?

Answer 6

That doesn't give you a percentage, that just gives the difference between the two values.
If you take 10% of 35, (35*.1), you get 3.5 - therefore 10% is not the right answer.

Try using the formula I already gave you

Answer 7

ohh its C

Answer 8

What reasoning gave you C?

Answer 9

p = (35 - 25)/25
p = 10/25 = 2/5
p = 0.4
p = 40%

Answer 10

There ya go

Answer 11

thanks for the help