How do you find the percent of increase

Jakobe Norton

Jakobe Norton

Answered question

2022-04-11

How do you find the percent of increase or decrease given Original: 50 and New: 56?

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Beginner2022-04-12Added 7 answers

Step 1
The value has increased from 50 to 56 . That is an increase of 6.
To express this as a percentage increase write the increase as a fraction of the original and multiply by 100.
percentage increase
=650×1001=6501×10021=12

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