Monthly visitors to a museum rose from 80 to 104. What is the percentage increase?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 30%
- Step 1: Change .
- Step 2: Percentage change (divide by the original figure).
Answer
30%.
Why not the others: 23.1%: the change is divided by the new figure instead of the original. 24%: the raw difference is reported as a percentage.
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