Currently Shawn pays $550 per month to rent his apartment. Next year his rent will increase by 13.5% from what he currently pays . a) find the amount that shawn's rent will increase . b) what will be shawn's new monthly rent?. c) If you divide your answer from (b) by shawn's original rent of $550, what is the decimal result? do you see any connection to part (a)?

a) Simply do 0.135(13.5%)*550 to get that his rent increases by $74.25.

b) Simply do 550+74.25 to get that his new rent is $624.25.

c) 624.25/550 = 1.135, or 100%+13.5%, the amount his rent increased.

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A. $74.25

B. $624.25

C. 1.135, and this is a connection to part a because it's what we multiplied 550 by to get our new rent.

Step-by-step explanation:

If Shawn pays $550 per month for rent, and he has a 13.5% increase, we can multiply 550 by to get our new number.

This is the new monthly rent, part B. To find Part A, let's subtract 550 from thi number.

Now, for part C, let's divide 624.25 by 550.

If you notice, 1.135 is the same number we multiplied 550 by to get our new cost, and as a percent, 1.135 is 113.5%.

Hope this helped!