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#1 2015-09-04 11:32:20

SuperLynx
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Percentage increase ?

I want to know how much percentage increase there is going from 320 to 502 ? At first I thought 502 / 320 = 1.5% that doesn't sound right !

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#2 2015-09-04 11:48:09

zetafunc
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Re: Percentage increase ?

You just need to multiply your answer by 100.

Also: 502/320 = 1.56875.

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#3 2015-09-04 12:06:06

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Re: Percentage increase ?

Thanks same answer I got using my equation smile

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#4 2015-09-04 12:20:04

zetafunc
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Re: Percentage increase ?

You're welcome!

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#5 2015-09-04 19:29:10

Bob
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Re: Percentage increase ?

So the percentage increase is 56.875%

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