The math club at a middle school increased from 62 students to 78 in one school year. What is the approximate percent of increase?

a) 3.85% b) 4.875% c) 21% d) 26%

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Wolfgang

30 September, 00:28

The math club at a middle school increased from 62 students to 78 in one school year. What is the approximate percent of increase?

a) 3.85% b) 4.875% c) 21% d) 26%

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Aden Lester · Answer 1

The answer is d) 26%

percentage increase is calculated by finding the difference between the older and newer number of students, then dividing that value by the original amount and then times 100. So in this case it was

78-62=16

(16/62) * 100

=25.8% rounded off to 26%

Trevin Ortega · Answer 2

Trevin Ortega 30 September, 04:03

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The answer is D for your problem

The math club at a middle school increased from 62 students to 78 in one school year. What is the approximate percent of increase?a) 3.85% b) 4.875% c) 21% d) 26%

The math club at a middle school increased from 62 students to 78 in one school year. What is the approximate percent of increase?

a) 3.85% b) 4.875% c) 21% d) 26%