The price of a cup of coffee was $2.45 yesterday. Today, the price rose to $2.80. Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Yerassyl · Answer 1 · 2019-10-30T16:47:12+0000

we have that
2.45----------------- > 100%
2.80------------------X
x=2.80*100/2.45=114.29
114.29-100=14.29%-- >14%

the answer is 14%