Percentage Help

Question

You scored 77% on the unit 1 exam and then 89% on the unit 2 exam.

What was your percent increase? ____%
(Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)

Answer 1

The base reference is 77% ;  the increase is 89% - 77% = 12%

 

The percent increase is 12% / 77% expressed in percent, 0.1558 or 15.6 %