Given:
The last year sales = $288,000,000
Company increased its sales from last year to this year by 34%.
To find:
The this year's sales to the nearest million dollars.
Solution:
We have,
The last year sales = $288 million
The company increased its sales from last year to this year by 34%. So,
This year's sales [tex]=288+288\times \dfrac{34}{100}[/tex]
[tex]=288+97.92[/tex]
[tex]=385.92[/tex]
[tex]\approx 386[/tex]
Therefore, this year's sales were 386 million dollars or $386,000,000.
