Last year, a marathon had 7,000 participants. This year, after celebrity endorsements, the participants increased by 8%. How many people participated this year?
Percent Applications
Use proportional relationships to solve percent problems (percent increase)
Use proportional relationships to answer each percent application problem.
Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.