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25% is a quarter or 1/4. If something increases by 25% it means one quarter of it has been added to it. So, for example, if we have 8 cents or pennies and we add a quarter, then we're adding a quarter of 8, which is 2, so we end up with 10, 10 cents or pennies.

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