The percent of increase in Ellies reading is 88 %
Solution:
Given that,
During summer vacation, Ellie read 50 pages per night
Once she returned to school, she read 94 pages per night
To find: Percent of increase in Ellies reading
The percent increase is given by formula:
[tex]\text { percent increase }=\frac{\text { final value - initial value}}{\text { initial value }} \times 100[/tex]
Here,
final value = 94 and initial value = 50
Substituting the values in above formula, we get
[tex]\text{ Percent increase } = \frac{94-50}{50} \times 100\\\\\text{ Percent increase } = \frac{44}{50} \times 100 = 88[/tex]
Thus percent of increase in Ellies reading is 88 %
