Assume the following cost of goods sold data for a company: 2018$1417000 20171204000 20161018000 If 2016 is the base year, what is the percentage increase in cost of goods sold from 2016 to 2018

39.19%

Explanation:

2018 $1,417,000

2017 $1,204,000

2016 $1,018,000

if 2016 was the base year, then the % from 2016 to 2018 = ($1,417,000 - $1,018,000) / $1,018,100 = 39.19%

we can also calculate the % increase from 2016 - 2017 and from 2017 - 2018 in a similar manner:

2016 to 2017 increase = ($1,204,000 - $1,018,000) / $1,018,100 = 18.27%

2017 to 2018 increase = ($1,417,000 - $1,204,000) / $1,204,100 = 17.69%