The question asks for the number of peppers the farmer expects...in August. Work in bite-sized pieces. The question states that the percent increase from June to July would be half the percent increase from July to August. First find the percent increase from June to July using the percent change formula: percent change = original  difference ​×100. Plug the numbers from the table into the formula to get 2,2002,640−2,200​× 100 , which is 2,200440​×100 or 20%. If this is half the percent increase from July to August, then the percent increase from July to August must be double 20%, or 40%. To find the number of peppers expected in August, find what 40% of July's amount would be. Multiply 2,640 by 40% to get 2,640×10040​ or 1,056 . Add this to 2,640 to get 3,696 peppers expected in August. The correct answer is (D).