How do you find the new amount of 120 books increased by 55%

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asked Dec 23, 2019 101k views

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Yaquawa · Answer 1 · 2019-12-26T21:39:28+0000

When you write 55% you are basically writing a shortened version of 55100

So the amount of increase is 55100 of 120. The mathematical equivalent of the word 'of' is multiply

So increase is: 55% of 120 → 55100×120=66

So the new total is 120+66=

186