Question

What is the percent of change from 400,000 to 700,000?

67% increase
67% decrease
75% increase
75% decrease

Answer 1

Answer: C) 75% increase

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Step-by-step explanation:

We go up by 300,000 since 700,000-400,000 = 300,000

Divide this increase by the original amount

(300,000)/(400,000) = 0.75 = 75%

Therefore, we have a 75% increase.

It might help to ignore the zeros and just think of it like this: "We start at 4 and jump to 7. That's an increase of 3, so we have a 3/4 = 0.75 = 75% increase".