Question

What is the percent increase between 8,863,052 and 9,149,840?

Answer 1

=3.23577% increase

Explanation:

1) subtract final value minus starting value

2) divide that amount by the absolute value of the starting value

3) multiply by 100 to get the percent increase

4) if the percentage bis negative, it means there was a decrease and not an increase

Answer 2

`increase = 9149840 - 8863052 \\ = 286788 \\ \% \: increase = (286788)/(8863052) * 100\% \\ = 3.24\%`