Definition:Percentage Increase

Definition

The percentage increase in a quantity is defined as:

$\dfrac {\text {increase in value} } {\text {original value} } \times 100$

Examples

Arbitrary Example

Let the price of an item $Q$ be increased from $\$ 400$ to $\$ 500$.

Then the percentage increase of $Q$ is:

$\dfrac {500 - 400} {400} \times 100 = 25 \%$

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Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): percentage increase