Mrs. Mask looked at another hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at that hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1195. The price for the same room and a same number of nights is now $2075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest whole percent. Explain and Show your work

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Adriel Bond

Mathematics

16 April, 00:55

Mrs. Mask looked at another hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at that hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1195. The price for the same room and a same number of nights is now $2075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest whole percent. Explain and Show your work

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Jaylen Schneider · Answer 1

Percent increase = (new number - original number) / original number ... * 100

= (2075 - 1195) / (1195) ... * 100

= (880 / 1195) * 100

= 0.736 * 100

= 73.6 rounds to 74% <==