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Question

The percent of maintenance: 14%
The percent of instruction: 70%
if the cost of maintenance had been 50percent less and the amount saved had been applied to instruction, then the increase in the expenditures for instruction would be what percent of the actual expenditures for Instruction?

Answer 1

Fifty percent of 14% is 7%.  Add the 7% to the 70% as instructed.  This equates to 77%.  Then, follow the instructions for the last part of the question and determine the percent of the new addition to instruction expenditures, which is 7 divided by 77.......or, Part Divided by Whole.  Whenever you take Part Divided by Whole, you can achieve a decimal amount, which can be converted easily to a percent by multiplying by 100.  The answer in this scenario is .0909 as a decimal......times by 100 and one gets 9%.....or if one must be more precise, rounding to hundredths:   9.09%