Question

How do you find the percentage change from 50 to 82. Indicate whether it is an increase or a decrease. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest percent?

Answer 1

`64%`increase

Explanation:

Percentage loss, profit, increase, decrease, discount or mark-up are all calculated in exactly the same way:

`%" change" = ("change")/("original") xx 100%`

In this case the number has gone from `50 to 82`

This is obviously an increase of `32` from the original `50`

`%" change" = 32/50 xx100%`

=`64%`increase