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The price of a notebook was $3.15 yesterday. Today, the price rose to $3.40 . Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

 May 31, 2016
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The new price is 3.40   the old price was 3.15     ...the price INCREASED .25  (25 cents)

 

25 cents is what percentage of 3.15?    .25 / 3.15  x 100% = 7.94 percent increase.

 May 31, 2016

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