Example: increase from 18% to 37%
% increase =|original value - new value|/original value * 100%
= |18 - 37|/18 * 100%
= 19/18 * 100%
= 1.0556* 100%
= 105.56%
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Percent of increase is a percent of change describing an increase in a quantity.An example would be: The price of an item increases from 8$ to 12$. The amount of the increase is 4$ and the percent of increase is 4/8=0.5= 50%.Answer got from Mathematics course 3 textbook from Holy McDougal.
Percent Increase
To calculate a five percent increase, multiply the value by 1.05. For example, adding 5 perccent to £10.00 gives 10 x 1.05 = £10.50.
There will be an overall increase in the first number.
39.5349% increase.