Question

Your team scored 15 points in the first game of the tournament Your team won the championship game and scored 36 points what is the percent of increase

Answer 1

140%

1) Gathering data

15 points -- 1st game

2) Considering those games, we can write a proportion:

points

15 ---------100%

36--------- x

15x = 3600

x = 240

3) Subtracting 100 from 240 we have: 240-100 = 140

Then the percent of the increase is 140%