this years tuition will increase to 3 times from last year. what percent will represent the increase

Question

how to reflect 3 times as a  percent

Answer 1

If your tuition costs x dollars and it triples then it went from

$x to $3x

 

This is an increase of x+2x = 3x

The increase is 200%

 

(100% of x) + (200% of x) = 300% of x