Before a renovation, a movie theater had 138 seats. after the renovation, the theater has 186 seats. what is the approximate percentage increase of the number of seats in the theater? if necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

approximately 1.35 percent

Step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: