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itzel
Jun 11, 2012, 08:24 AM
Kevin has 123 dollars in the bank today. Yesterday, he had 83 dollars in the bank. By what percentage did Kevin's bank account increase over the past day? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent

ebaines
Jun 11, 2012, 08:34 AM
If you start with quantity Q1 and it grows to quantity Q2 then the percent increase is the change in the quantity divided by the original, times 100 to convert to a percentage:

Percent change = (Q2-Q1)/Q1 x 100

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