Ten years ago a movie ticket sold for $6.00. Now a ticket costs $11.00. What is the percent increase or decrease?

1 Answer
Jun 22, 2018

increased by #83 1/3%#

Explanation:

old price=$6
new price= $11
to find the percentage of the new price relative to the old rice, we can use
#"new price"/"old price"*100#
# 11/6*100= 183 1/3%#
which means that new price is #183 1/3% #of the old price
therefore, the price increased by #83 1/3%#