Is the value of the new amount greater than or less than the value of the original amount?
The percent of increase is about 60 %.
Practice makes perfect
To determine percent change p, we can use the following general formula.
p % =Amount of increase or decrease/Original amountFrom the given values, we can see the original amount was 78 and the new amount is 125. This is an increase in the amount.
125-78= 47
The difference between the new amount and the original amount is 47. Now we can use the formula.
