A highschool paper increased its sales by 75% when it ran an issue featuring a contest to win a class party before thw contest issue 10% of the school 800 students bought the paper how many students bought the contest issue
Before the contest, the 10% of the 800 students who bought the paper represents 80 students. When 80 is increased by 75%, the resulting number is: [tex]80\times1.75=140[/tex] The answer is: 140 students.