Percents: Apply It 2

Breakfast Crunch: Crunching Numbers Over Cereal Cont.

After considering your favorite cereal brand, your eyes land on a different type of cereal. This one is a more premium brand and comes with a hefty price tag. Yet, the tag promises [latex]35\%[/latex] more cereal in terms of weight compared to the regular boxes of the same volume.

Now that you have found the weight of the regular box, let’s calculate the absolute change in weight between the regular and the premium box.

Remember, the absolute change can be calculated using the formula:

[latex]\text{Absolute change } = |\text{value1 } - \text{ value2}|[/latex]

Now, let’s calculate the relative change in weight.

Remember, the relative change can be calculated using the formula:

[latex]\text{Relative change } = \frac{|\text{value1 } - \text{ value2}|}{\text{ value1}} * 100\%[/latex]