State sales tax went from 5% to 5.5%. Calculate the absolute increase and the relative increase in sales tax.
Since all values shown are percentages, it may help to replace the % symbol with the word "percent" and treat it as a label (like dollars or pounds). It is not necessary to
convert the percentages into decimals before performing calculations with them.
Recall that when absolute change of percentages is calculated, a specific unit is required for the result.
The absolute increase is
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The percentage increase is
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Dominique says that the state sales tax increase is really bad because it's a 10% increase. Shawn says that the state sales tax increase is not too bad because it's just a
one-half percentage point increase. Who's right?
O Shawn only
O Dominique only
O Both
O Neither
