Question

when nancy started middle school, she was 60 inches tall. when she started high school, she was 66 inches tall. what was the percent change in her height?

Answer 1

we can clearly notice that she added 6 inches so we will have to divide 60 By 6
to get the percentage 60 ÷6 = 10%

Answer 2

The percent change in Nancy height is 10%

Explanation:

Given : when Nancy started middle school, she was 60 inches tall. when she started high school, she was 66 inches tall.

We have to find the percent change in her height.

Percentage change is given by the ratio of the difference in old value and new value to the old value times 100

Mathematically written as

`Percentage\ change =(new\ value-old\ value)/(Old\ value)* 100`

For the given data,

Old value = 60 inches

New value = 66 inches

Thus, the Percentage change is given as,

`Percentage\ change =(66-60)/(60)* 100`

Simlify, we have,

`Percentage\ change =(6)/(60)* 100`

Thus, The percent change in her height is 10%