Problema Solution
iceberg lettuce is grown and shipped to stores for about 40 cents a head, and consumers purchase it for about 97 cents a head. Find the percent increase
Answer provided by our tutors
the increase = second price (consumers price) - first price (shipped to stores price)
the percent increase = the increase / first price (shipped to stores price)
thus we have
(97 - 40) / 40 = 1.425 by multiplying with 100 we get the %
that is 1.425 * 100 = %142.5
The percent increase is %142.5.