the cost of annual tution design at a university increased from 10,500 to $11,300. what is the percent increase in tution to the nearest tenth of a percent?
For this case we can make the following rule of three: $ 10500 -------> 100% $ 11300 -------> x Clearing the value of x we have: x = (11300/10500) * (100) x = 107.6190476 The percentage of growth is: 107.6190476 - 100 = 7.6190476% Round to the nearest tenth: 7.6% Answer: the percent increase in tution is: 7.6%
