Question

A frost has caused a temporary spike in the price of orange juice. the price is now $10 a gallon. before the frost, the price was $4 a gallon. how much more expensive is orange juice now

Answer 1

It is $6 more now than before...maybe you were looking for percent increase?

%change=100(final-initial)/initial

%change=100(10-4)/4=150% increase

Answer 2

Explanation:

The answer is 2.5 times

Hope this helps (smiles)