the average cost of a movie theater bag of popcorn was originally 3.75 in 1995 and then increased to 5.50 in 2018 what is the percent change round to the nearest percent

Respuesta :

Determine the change in price of popcorn.

[tex]\begin{gathered} \Delta P=5.50-3.75 \\ =1.75 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Determine the percent change in price of popcorn.

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1.75}{3.75}\times100=0.4666\cdot100 \\ =46.66 \\ \approx47 \end{gathered}[/tex]

So answer is 47%.