In one year Angelicas height went from 60 inches to 63 inches what was the percent of increase in Angelicas height

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Dayton Sanford

21 December, 22:44

In one year Angelicas height went from 60 inches to 63 inches what was the percent of increase in Angelicas height

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Desmond Moody · Answer 1

63-60=3

3 is what percent of 60?

multiply: x/100 = 3/60

60x=300

divide by 60 on both sides

x=5

5% increase

you can also simply do 63/60 and subtract the "whole" which is 1 to get the increase since what you are trying to find out is 60 x? = 63. But since it is asking for the percent increase, 1.05 would be adding 60x1.05 to 60 but what you actually want is 60x. 05.