how to calculate the percent increase: A company increased its workers from 108 to 290. Find the percent increase.

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Answer 1

One way to do this to subtract the old from the new: 290-108=182 then divide by the old: 182/108 and to convert to percentage multiply by 100: 182/108×100=168.52% approx. So the increase is 168.52%.