A store reported total sales of $385 million for February of this year. If the total sales for the same month last year was $340 million, approximately what was the percent increase in sales?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers:	A) 2 %	B) 17 %	C) 20 %	D) 65 %	E) 13 %

Rationale: "new value – old value ) / old value x 100 we are given : february sales this year = 385 million february sales last year = 340 million we need to determine the percent increase between sales from last year to sales this year . thus , the new value = 385 million and the old value = 340 million . let ’ s plug them into our percent change formula . ( new value – old value ) / old value x 100 [ ( 385 – 340 ) / 340 ] x 100 65 / 340 x 100 ≈ 13 % . the answer is e ."
Answer: E