Given:
Kim picked 250 pounds of pears yesterday and 287 pounds of pears today.
To find:
The percentage increase of amount of pears picked by Kim.
Solution:
We know that,
[tex]\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{\text{New value - Initial value}}{\text{Initial value}}\times 100[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{287-250}{250}\times 100[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{37}{25}\times 10[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{ increase}=\dfrac{370}{25}[/tex]
[tex]\%\text{ increase}=14.8[/tex]
Therefore, the percentage increase of amount of pears picked by Kim is 14.8%.
