The cost of a jacket increased from $90.00 to $103.50. what is the percentage increase of the cost of the jacket?

So the Percentage Increase = 15 %    

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Original price = $ 90.00

New Price = $103.50

To Find:

Percentage Increase = ?

Solution:

Percentage Increase %

Now In our Given Data

Difference in Value = New Value - Original Price

Putting in the values

Difference in Value = 103.50 - 90.00

                                 = $13.50

Now we Know all the value and the formula is

Percentage Increase %

Putting in the values

Percentage Increase %

                                   %    

                                           = 15%

which tells us that

 Percentage Increase = 15 %          

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.