Question

Nathan usually drinks 35 ounces of water per day. He read that he should drink 57 ounces of water per day. If he starts drinking 57 ounces, what is the percent increase? Round to the nearest percent.

Answer 1

39% or 63%

depends on the perspective

Explanation:

57-35

=22

change

_________

original percent

22/57 * x/100

=2200+57x

/57

=38.59649123

Or it honestly could be flipped around like this...

22/35*x/100

2200+35x

/35

=62.85714286

Answer 2

It’s 61.40 percent so rounding to the nearest percent would be 61% he needs to increase