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 A percent change expresses
the amount of change to
the original amount.

Percent Increase

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𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞
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Percent Decrease

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1. Decide whether the change is an increase or decrease and find the percent change.

a. Before: 10 b. Before: 260 c. Regular price: $31.99

After: 12 After: 160 Sale price: $22.39
2.The average monthly precipitation for Chicago, 3. In one year, the toll for passenger cars to use a
Illinois, peaks in June at 4.1 inches. The monthly tunnel rose from $3 to $3.50. What was the percent
precipitation in December is 2.8 inches. What is the increase?
percent decrease from June to December?

4. Find the missing number given the percentage.

a. Before: 90 b. Before: 360 c. Increase: 8%

Increase: 10% Decrease: 25% After: 45
5. If you bought a stock last year for $103 and it has 6. In a newspaper, it was reported that the number
gone down 19% since then, how much is the stock of yearly robberies is Springfield in 2011 was 125,
worth now, to the nearest cent? and then went down by 12% in 2012. How many
robberies were in Springfield in 2012?

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| 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 − 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 |

𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 =
𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒

(when expressed as a percent it is called Percent Error)

7. A decorator estimates that a rectangular rug is 8. You think that the distance between your house
5ft by 8ft. The rug is actually 4ft by 8ft. What is the and your friend’s house is 5.5 miles. The actual
percent error in the estimated area? distance is 4.75 miles. What is the percent error in
your estimation?

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