a store reported total sales of $ 385 million for february of this year . if the total sales for the same month last year was $ 320 million , approximately what was the percent increase in sales ?
"new value – old value ) / old value x 100 we are given : february sales this year = 385 million february sales last year = 320 million we need to determine the percent increase between sales from last year to sales this year . thus , the new value = 385 million and the old value = 320 million . let ’ s plug them into our percent change formula . ( new value – old value ) / old value x 100 [ ( 385 – 320 ) / 320 ] x 100 65 / 320 x 100 13 / 64 x 100 ≈ 13 / 65 x 100 ≈ 1 / 5 x 100 ≈ 20 % . the answer is c ."
multiply(divide(subtract(385, 320), 320), const_100)