Question

What is the percent of increase from 8 to 9?

Answer 1

Is it a 112.5% increase

Explanation:

If we divide 9 by 8 we get 1.125. We then would multiply 1.125 by 100 to get our percentage which would be 112.5% increase. We can double check this by multiplying (112.5/100) 1.125 by 8 to get 9.

Answer 2

12.5% increase

Explanation:

percent change = 9-8/8 * 100% = 1/8 * 100 = 12.5(increase)