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A baby weighed 5.6 kg and six weeks later her weight had increased to 6.8 kg. Find the percentage increase.
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A baby weighed 5.6 kg and six weeks later her weight had increased to 6.8 kg.
Find the percentage increase.
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2021-08-29T04:37:26+00:00
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The percentage increase is 21.42857.
It is in fact 21.4. Simply find the difference between the two numbers (1.2), divide 1.2 by 5.6 and then multiply by 100 to get 21.4%.