Question

Alexis had a cell phone that cost $65 she recently bought a new phone that cost $79 what was the percent increase in the price of the phone

Answer 1

Formula: percent increase = new price-old price/old price * 100%

= 79-65/65 * 100%

= 14/65 * 100%

≈ 0.22 * 100%

= 22%

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