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I know how to work out percentages but I would like to get better at interpreting their significance. Has anyone got any suggestions/examples? Thanks
Farmtalk said:Ok, well let's say that Save-a-Lot currently sells a 1 gallon jug of 2% milk for 2.99 but due to the rough economy, has to rise their price to 3.69 (Hypothetical situation). What is the percentage increase of the price?
What you could do, and what I do, is subtract the new price from the original price, (3.69-2.99= 0.70), and then divide that number by the new number (Which is 3.69) and multiply by 100 to get your percentage difference:
$$3.69-2.99= 0.70$$
$$\frac{0.70}{3.69}= 0.18970...$$
$$0.18970...*100 = 18.970$$ percent
We multiply by 100 because we are going from decimal to percentage form.
Does this make sense?
Farmtalk said:You are correct, I will delete my original comment so I don't provide false information. Sorry for this. (Blush)