The percentage increase in Angie's height is 3 %
Solution:
Given that, In one year, Angie's height went from 58 to 60 inches
To find: percentage increase
The percent increase between two values is the difference between a final value and an initial value, expressed as a percentage of the initial value.
The percent increase is given as:
[tex]\text { percent increase }=\frac{\text { final value - initial value}}{\text { initial value }} \times 100[/tex]
Here in this problem,
Initial value = 58 inches
Final value = 60 inches
Substituting the values we get,
[tex]percent\ Increase = \frac{60-58}{58} \times 100\\\\percent\ Increase = \frac{2}{58} \times 100\\\\percent\ Increase = 0.0344 \times 100\\\\percent\ Increase = 3.45 \approx 3[/tex]
Thus percentage increase in Angie's height is 3 %
