Monthly visitors to a museum rose from 500 to 700. What is the percentage increase?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 40%
- Step 1: Change .
- Step 2: Percentage change (divide by the original figure).
Answer
40%.
Why not the others: 28.6%: the change is divided by the new figure instead of the original. 200%: the raw difference is reported as a percentage.
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