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  • 13-11-2018
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The price of gasoline rose from $2.50 per gallon to $2.95 per gallon. What was the percent increase in price?

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  • 13-11-2018

Through subtraction (of $2.50 from $2.95), you can find the amount of the increase:  $0.45.

Form the ratio $0.45 / $2.50; the numeric value is 0.18.

Multiply this by 100% to obtain the final answer:  0.18(100%) = 18%

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