Question

Find the percent of change and state whether it was a percent of increase (I) or percent of decrease (D).

from $289 to $762
a.
-164%; D
c.
-473%; D
b.
164%; I
d.
473%; I

Answer 1

WELCOME TO QUESTIONCOVE DIVGUEST6!

Answer 2

thank you!
i have 2 credits in order to graduate and i could use some help

Answer 3

im not good with this stuff but i know some one who is let me see if she is online

Answer 4

@Shadow @TheSmartOne please help dis one

Answer 5

help should be on there way now :)

Answer 6

thanks love!

Answer 7

Why, hello there
I'm tso and today I'll be assisting you

Answer 8

First off, do you think we have a percent increase or a percent decrease?

We're going from 289 to 762

Answer 9

If you can intuitively figure out whether it's an increase or a decrease, you can eliminate two answer choices (:

Answer 10

increase

Answer 11

d?

Answer 12

Good, it increases

Now let's not jump ahead of ourselves
To calculate percent change we have to do

(New-old)/old * 100

What do you get when you plug in the numbers

Answer 13

762-289/289*100

Answer 14

Make sure you follow the order or operations. You have to do what's in the parenthesis first

Answer 15

do i have it in the right place tho

Answer 16

Yes, except you forgot the parenthesis but you're on the right track

Answer 17

okay lol