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A class of 40 pupils grows to 50 the next year. Working out how much it has grown in percentage terms is finding the percent:

ADeduction
BIncrease
CDiscount
DDeposit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Increase
1. The number went up, not down. 2. The change is compared with the original. 3. It is the percent increase. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 6, Percents._
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