A dog shelter had 20 puppies last month. This month, 31 puppies are at the shelter. What is the percent of change?

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Zion Alexander

5 June, 17:41

A dog shelter had 20 puppies last month. This month, 31 puppies are at the shelter. What is the percent of change?

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Braylon Graves · Answer 1

Simple, finding markup, you'll use two equations

Markup=New-Original

Markup%=Markup/Original*100

Markup=31-20

Markup=11

Then,

Markup% = 11/20*100

M%=0.55*100

M%=55%

Thus, the percent of change was, 55%.