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The price of a cup of coffee was 2.40 yesterday. Today, the price rose to
2.75. Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Answer:

≈ 14.6%

Step-by-step explanation:

percentage increase is calculated as

[tex]\frac{increase}{original}[/tex] × 100%

increase = 2.75 - 2.40 = 0.35 , then

percentage increase = [tex]\frac{0.35}{2.40}[/tex] × 100% ≈ 14.6% ( to the nearest tenth )