Ten years ago a movie ticket sold for $6.00. Now a ticket costs $11.00. What is the percent increase or decrease?

1 Answer
Jun 22, 2018

increased by 83 1/3%

Explanation:

old price=$6
new price= $11
to find the percentage of the new price relative to the old rice, we can use
"new price"/"old price"*100
11/6*100= 183 1/3%
which means that new price is 183 1/3% of the old price
therefore, the price increased by 83 1/3%