Question

At a supermarket, a certain item has increased from 75 cents per pound to 81 cents per pound. What is the percent increase in the cost of the item?

Answer 1

Answer:

8%

Step-by-step explanation:

How to find percentage in the increase in the value is= Difference in value/ Original value × 100

Difference in value= 6 cents

Original value= 75 cents

$\frac{6}{75} \times 100 \\ \frac{6}{3} \times 4 \\ 2 \times 4 \\ = 8$