When Brooklyn started jogging, she could only jog for 8 minutes. She is now able to jog for 15 minutes without stopping. Find the percent of increase.

Question

use calculator do percentage increase

Answer 1

((New jogging time / Previous jogging time) - 1) * 100 = percent increase

New jogging time = 15 min

Previous jogging time = 8 min

((15 min / 8 min) - 1) * 100 = percent increase

((1.875 min) - 1) * 100 = percent increase

(0.875) * 100 = percent increase

87.5% = percent increase