Last year, a lighting supplier called Bright Idea shipped a total of 7,400 lamps to its distributors. This year, the supplier shipped 79% more than that. How many lamps did Bright Idea ship this year?____ lamps
Q. Last year, a lighting supplier called Bright Idea shipped a total of 7,400 lamps to its distributors. This year, the supplier shipped 79% more than that. How many lamps did Bright Idea ship this year?____ lamps
Calculate Increase: Calculate the increase in the number of lamps shipped based on the percentage increase.Calculation: Increase = 79% of 7,400 = 0.79×7,400 = 5,846 lamps.
Find Total: Add the increase to last year's total to find this year's total.Calculation: Total lamps this year = 7,400+5,846=13,246 lamps.
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