Question

A club's membership increased from 250 to 300 members. Express the new membership as a percent of the old membership. Then, Express the old membership as a percent of the new membership.

Answer 1

Answer:

The new membership as a percent of the old membership = 120 %

The old membership as a percent of the new membership = 83.33 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Formula to find the percent of Comparing Quantities  

Percent=Quantity/Whole x 100  

i) To Express the new membership as a percent of the old membership

In this case the old membership is the whole and the new membership is a quantity.

Let A is the unknown percent to be find.  

A =250/300  x 100

 A =120 %   answer -1

i) To Express the old membership as a percent of the new membership

In this case the new membership is the whole and the old membership is a quantity.

Let A is the unknown percent to be find.  

A =300/250  x 100

 A =83.33 %  answer 2