Percentage - fractions

About what percentage must we increase the number 1/6 to get the number 1/3?

Final Answer:

p =  100 %

Step-by-step explanation:

(1+100p) 61=31  (1+p/100) 1/6=1/3  0.5p=50  p=0.550=100  p=100=100%



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