help? need help on these types of percentages?? i hope I'm not confusing anyone!!!?

Question

ok, you know when they say

in year 1996 the net income for such and such a family was $43,000 and now in 2007, it has risen to $60,000 (i just made up that statistic)

by how much percent did it raise? questions like those! how do i calculate to figure out that answer? what are the steps? please!!! i'm eager to know!!!!

if you think i'm trying to cheat for homework, you can makeup the numbers. but show the steps. thank you!

Answer 1

The answer first. It's gone up by 39.5 percent.
To do it, you divide 60000/43000. You'll get 1.395....
then multiply X 100 to get 139.5....
60K is 139.5 percent of the 43 thousand dollar salary. Subtract 100 from the 139.5 to get the difference between the old and new pay. 139.5 - 100= 39.5. That's how much it went up.

Answer 2

The equation can be stated as this: The percent of the original income is increased by a % X such that,
43000*(1+X)=60000

If the income went from 60000 to 43000, you could say it decreased by a % X such that,
60000(1-X)=43000

So if you had a 25% pay decrease from 60000, you would have
60000*(1-0.25)=60000*0.75=45000

Answer 3

divide the net income in 2007 and the net income of 1996 and multiply by 100, then subtract by 100 to get the percentage

[($60000/$43000)*100]-100=39.53%

Answer 4

1) Get the difference (or the increase from 1996 to 2007)
60,000 - 43,000 = 17,000

2) Divide the difference by the current income (2007)
17,000 / 60,000
= 0.2833
= 28.33%

Answer 5

1.) take the difference between the two. (60-43=17)
2.) then you can work it out as a fraction to find a percentage.
(17/43 = X/100)
3.) X=39.535 so it increased by 39.535%

Answer 6

60000 MINUS 43000 = 17000 DIVIDED BY 43000 =.395348 OR 39.5348 INCREASE TO CHECK MULTIPLY 1.395348 TIMES 43000= 59999.964 OR NEARLY 60000 SO WAGES HAVE RISEN BY 39.5348. THE ACTUAL INCREASE IS 39.5348837