Help! I'm at work and the entire office has forgotten how to work this out!!! I need to work out the percentage increase between two figures ie 10372 & 15740. So, what % inc is 15740 on 10372 and what's the formula for working it out?
2007-03-05 23:49:41 · 7 answers · asked by Sparkysair 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Find out the difference between two figures and then divide it by 10372 and multiply the result by 100. You get the answer!
2007-03-05 23:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by Tasha 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Well it looks like many people have beaten me to it. aeiou is incorrect as he has taken 15740 as being 100%. However, to do less key presses on a calculator you could do :-
15740/10372 = 1.5175 or 151.75%. Since 100% is represented by 10372, the remaining 51.75% must be the percentage increase. Clever huh!
2007-03-06 05:53:09 · answer #2 · answered by brainyandy 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
15740 - 10372 = 5368 increase.
15740 = 100%
1 = 100/15740
Increase = 100/15740 x 5368 = 34.104%
2007-03-06 14:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by Norrie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
(15740-10732)/10372 *100%
Explanation: You're finding out the increase on the old salary of course, and the increase in value is (15740-10372), so divide the second value by the first, and you get the value of what fraction the increase is, of the former salary ; when you mul;tiply this by 100, you get the increase percent.
2007-03-06 15:30:08 · answer #4 · answered by IB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actual: 15740
Old: 10372
Difference: 5368
Percentage: 34.10
15740 - 10372 = 5368
15740==> 100%
5368 ==> inc
Crossing:
increase = (Difference x %) : Actual
inc = (5368 x 100) : 15740
inc = 34.10%
Answer: From 15740 to 10372 increased of 34.10%. That's equal to 5368.
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2007-03-06 00:52:30 · answer #5 · answered by aeiou 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Formula is:
(b-a)/a
So the increase is (15740-10372)/10372 = 0.518 = 52.8% increase
Hope this helps!
2007-03-05 23:56:15 · answer #6 · answered by Chris W 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
(y-x)/x so:
(15740-10372)/10372=0.5175 or an increase of 51.75%
2007-03-05 23:57:38 · answer #7 · answered by pjjuster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋