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Before the pirates found the treasure checks full of 4,000 doubloons, they had 5,000 doubloons.What is the percent increase of the pirates' doubloons?

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Before the pirates found the treasure checks full of 4,000 doubloons, they had 5,000 doubloons.

What is the percent increase of the pirates' doubloons?

we know that

5,000 doubloons -------> represent 100%

so

Apply proportion

Find out how much percentage represent 4,000 doubloons

5,000/100%=4,000/x

solve for x

x=(4,000*100)/5,000

x=80%

therefore

the percentage of increase is 80%