5 x 20% = 5 x .2 = 1
5 + 1 = 6 miles
Another way to look at this is that to the original 100%, you add another 20%, for a total of 120%. 120% = 120/100 = 1.2, so you multiply the original amount by the factor 1.2.
"...increased by four percent" is a fragment because it lacks a subject. WHAT increased by four percent?
95 increased by 90 percent = 180.5
2.81 increased by 5 percent = 2.9505
70 increased by 6 percent = 74.2
500 increased by 60 percent = 800
It is suppossed to rain but the chance of it raining is only 30 percent.
75%
"...increased by four percent" is a fragment because it lacks a subject. WHAT increased by four percent?
66 increased by 88 percent = 124.1
95 increased by 90 percent = 180.5
22,500 increased by 4 percent = 23,400
3000 increased by 6 percent = 3,180
2.81 increased by 5 percent = 2.9505
2 increased by 50 percent = 3
44 increased by 6 percent = 46.64
26 increased by 5 percent = 27.3
6,000 increased by 8 percent = 6,480