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1 February, 04:49

The market bought grapes for $0.87 a pound and sold them for $1.09 a pound. What is the percent for increace rounded to the nearest tenth?

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  1. 1 February, 07:06
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    So to find percent increase, you want to minus the difference in cost ...

    1.09 - 0.87=.22 ...

    now divide the difference by the original ...

    .22 :.87 =.25287 ... etc

    now multiply that by 100 ...

    .25287 * 100 = 25.287

    now it says round to the nearest tenth so ...

    25.29% increase.
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