Given:
Desk we’re on sale for $200
full price of $300
Required:
Find Rate of Increase
Explanation:
We apply the formula to calculate rate of increase
Final value=$300
Initial value=$200
[tex]\begin{gathered} percent\text{ increase=100}\times\frac{final-initial}{initial} \\ \\ percent\text{ increase=100}\times\frac{300-200}{200} \\ \\ =50\% \end{gathered}[/tex]Required answer:
The rate of increase is 50%