How to Calculate Percent and Growth Factors in GeoGebra

In GeoGebra, you can use CAS to compute percentages and growth factors.

In CAS, you can calculate percentages directly using the % symbol. If you want to find 30 % of $600, write: 600*30%.

A growth factor can be written like this, where p is the percentage: (1 ± p%).

GeoGebra Instruction 1

1.
Open CAS under GeoGebra icon View in GeoGebra icon Menu.
2.
Type your expression into CAS using the commands above and press Enter or click on Numeric Evaluation GeoGebra icon.

Screenshot of GeoGebra showing computations with percentages and growth factors

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