7. A club's membership increases from

Question

540 members to 995 members. What is the percent increase?

Answer 1

To find the percent increase, we first need to find the difference between the initial number of members and the final number of members.

Difference = Final number of members - Initial number of members
Difference = 995 members - 540 members
Difference = 455 members

Next, we need to divide the difference by the initial number of members and then multiply by 100 to find the percent increase.

Percent Increase = (Difference / Initial number of members) * 100
Percent Increase = (455 members / 540 members) * 100
Percent Increase = 0.842 * 100
Percent Increase ≈ 84.2

The percent increase is approximately 84.2%.