The price of a gallon of unleaded gas was $2.84 yesterday. Today, the price rose to $2.90 . Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Greetings! Lets solve this shall we?!!

So the formula is

(The original amount - The new amount) / original amount * 100

= (2.84 - 2.90) / (2.84) * 100

= (-.06 / 2.84) * 100

= -2.1 % = 2.1 % increase

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