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Thus the increment is 14.22%.
Percentage
The amount of something is expressed as if it is a part of the total which is a hundred. The ratio can be expressed as a fraction of 100. The word per cent means per 100. It is represented by the symbol ‘%’.
Given
Gas prices went from $2.53 to $2.89 during the year.
To find
The percent increase.
How to find the percent increase?
Gas prices went from $2.53 to $2.89 during the year.
Then the increment is 2.89 - 2.53 = $0.36 only.
Then increment is given by
[tex]% increase\ =\ \frac{New\ value\ -\ old\ value }{old\ value}*100[/tex][tex]\rm increase\ in\ percentage =\ \dfrac{New\ value\ - original\ value}{original\ value} *100\\\\\rm increase\ in\ percentage =\ \dfrac{2.89 -2.53}{2.53} *100\\\\\rm increase\ in\ percentage =\ 14.22\ percent[/tex]
Thus the increment is 14.22%.
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