Given:
Last year, Dr. Alvarado saw 540 patients.
This year, he saw 1053 patients.
To find:
The percent of increase in the number of patients seen each year.
Solution:
We know that,
[tex]\%\text{Increase}=\dfrac{\text{New value - Initial value}}{\text{Initial value}}\times 100[/tex]
On substituting the given values, we get
[tex]\%\text{Increase}=\dfrac{1053-540}{540}\times 100[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{Increase}=\dfrac{513}{540}\times 100[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{Increase}=\dfrac{5130}{54}[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{Increase}=95\%[/tex]
Therefore, the number of patients increased by 95% each year.
