A club's membership increased from 250 to 300 members. Express the new membership as a percent of the old membership. Then, Express the old membership as a percent of the new membership.

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Rodney Oneill

16 October, 09:55

A club's membership increased from 250 to 300 members. Express the new membership as a percent of the old membership. Then, Express the old membership as a percent of the new membership.

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Jazlynn · Answer 1

The new membership as a percent of the old membership = 120 %

The old membership as a percent of the new membership = 83.33 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Formula to find the percent of Comparing Quantities

Percent=Quantity/Whole x 100

i) To Express the new membership as a percent of the old membership

In this case the old membership is the whole and the new membership is a quantity.

Let A is the unknown percent to be find.

A = 250/300 x 100

A = 120 % answer - 1

i) To Express the old membership as a percent of the new membership

In this case the new membership is the whole and the old membership is a quantity.

Let A is the unknown percent to be find.

A = 300/250 x 100

A = 83.33 % answer 2