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The percent increase of the cost of gallon of gas is 226.09% if the gallon of gas costs $1.15. The average cost today is 3.75
What is the percentage?
It is defined as the ratio of two numbers expressed in the fraction of 100 parts. It is the measure to compare two data, the % sign is used to express the percentage.
We have:
In 1990,a gallon of gas costs $1.15. The average cost today is 3.75.
The percent increase can be given as:
[tex]= \rm \dfrac{3.75-1.15}{1.15}\times 100[/tex]
= 226.087% ≈ 226.09% increase
Thus, the percent increase of the cost of gallon of gas is 226.09% if the gallon of gas costs $1.15. The average cost today is 3.75
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