A brand of cereal had 1.2 milligrams of iron per serving. then they changed their recipe so they had 1.8mg of iron per serving. What was the percent increase in iron?

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Ismael Romero

30 July, 21:42

A brand of cereal had 1.2 milligrams of iron per serving. then they changed their recipe so they had 1.8mg of iron per serving. What was the percent increase in iron?

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Leah Huber · Answer 1

To get the percent of increase, we will simply follow these steps:

1 - get the difference between the two numbers:

difference = 1.8 - 1.2 = 0.6 mg

2 - divide the difference by the original number and then multiply the quotient by 100 to get the percentage

% of increase = (0.6/1.2) * 100 = 50%