2. An item used to sell for seventy-five cents a pound, and you see that it's been marked up to eighty-one cents a pound. What is the percent increase?

It is not 4%.  The answer is 8%

Step-by-step explanation:

First subtract .75 from .81 and you get the difference between the two prices .06 cents.  Now use the formula % = (amount of increase)/(original amount) * 100.

Substitute and you get X = .06/.75 * 100

X = 6/.75         (.06 * 100 = 6)

X = 8

8%

Jose had the following division problem for homework. What is the quotient? $182 divided by 3.25?

a)$0.56

b)$5.60

c)$56.00

d)$560.00

The quotient is $56.00 .

Step-by-step explanation:

Quotient:

A quotient is an number when we divide one number by another number.

In other words , the result obtained by dividing the divisor by dividend is called quotient.

Dividend:

The amount or number to be divided is called the dividend.  

Dividend is the whole that is to be divided into parts

Divisor:

A divisor is a number that divides another number either completely or with a remainder.

Here 182 is the dividend and 3.25 is the divisor.We need to find the quotient.

Quotient =

Quotient =  56.00