Math Help - Finding percentage increase.

I am trying to figure how to calculate a percentage. If I made 522 dollars one week, then 549 the next week, what is the percentage difference, or increase, that I made. (I know I made $27 more the 2nd week, but how do I figure the percentage increase that I made?) Thanks.

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Originally Posted by gccrews

I am trying to figure how to calculate a percentage. If I made 522 dollars one week, then 549 the next week, what is the percentage difference, or increase, that I made. (I know I made $27 more the 2nd week, but how do I figure the percentage increase that I made?) Thanks.

Hey buddy,

What you want to do is divide the amount of change (27) by the initial value (522)

so 27/522 = .05 ...which is 5% increase.