Question

Tamanika received a raise in her hourly pay, from $15.50 to $17.36. Find the percent change.

Answer 1

In this case we must:

`\begin{gathered} (17.36)/(15.5)=1.12 \\ 1.137\cdot100=112 \end{gathered}`

112% - 100% = 12%

therefore, the percent change is 12%