What is the percent increase from 50 to 60?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-11T16:11:28

$50/100=60/x$

Cross products

$50x=6000$

$x=120$

60 is 120% of 50, so there is a 20% increase

Answer 2 · 2016-09-11T16:11:38

$20% " increase"$

Any change, whether an increase, decrease, profit, loss. discount which is to be given as a percentage, can be calculated from the same formula..

$% "change" = "amount of change"/"original amount" xx 100%$

In this case the number increased from 50 to 60.

$"change " = 60-50 = 10$

$10/50 xx 100%$

= $20%$