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6.2 Exercise 77

Avg difficulty 2.5

Find the percent increase or percent decrease.

According to Time magazine (7/19/2011)\left(\text{7}/\text{19}/\text{2011}\right) annual global seafood consumption rose from 2222 pounds per person in 19601960 to 3838 pounds per person today. Find the percent increase. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)

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