Question

By halftime, the Cougars basketball team had scored 32 points. By the end of the game, theteam had scored a total of 56 points. Find the percent of increase in the number of points thatthe team scored. Round the percent to the nearest tenth if necessary.

Answer 1

By halftime, the Cougars basketball team had scored 32 points. By the end of the game, the

team had scored a total of 56 points. Find the percent of increase in the number of points that

the team scored. Round the percent to the nearest tenth if necessary.

we have that

32 points represent the 100%

Find the increase

56-32=24 points

applying proportion

32/100%=24/x%

x=24(100)/32

x=75%

therefore

the percent of increase is 75%