The price of a gallon of unleaded gas has risen to $2.88 today. Yesterday's price was $2.82. Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of the percent.

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hedgepig · Answer

so find how much the price of gas changed, and divide by the ORIGINAL price, and multiply by 100 to get your value :) let me know if you have any questions

mattpusey13 · Answer

Thank you:)

mattpusey13 · Answer

I did that but i got something off.

mattpusey13 · Answer

I got 4700
seems wrong

hedgepig · Answer

okay, can you show me what your work was?

mattpusey13 · Answer

I got 0.06 and and divided by 2.82 and got 0.021276 and multiplied
 that answer by 100

hedgepig · Answer

so what did you get after you multiplied by 100?

shy_boy · Answer

well i guess it would be 2%

shy_boy · Answer

like by subtracting old price from the new price and then multiplying the answer with hundred and dividing by the older price

mattpusey13 · Answer

I got it correct Thank you all.