In fact, a percentage increase in efficiency can be shown to have an equal and opposing impact on driving as a percentage increase in the gas tax.
The application might propose a measurable goal, too, like a percentage increase in scores.
This article was amended on 29 November 2016 to correct a percentage increase.
He is predicting a percentage increase in spending for radio commercials in 2003 "in the high single digits".
That's a percentage increase of infinity, if my math is correct.
In dollar terms, that was the largest annual increase ever, but as a percentage increase it slightly trailed 2008.
The estimate for the important fourth quarter calls for a continued improvement, to a percentage increase in the low single digits.
Remember, the median rental stabilized apartment is $650, so when we're talking about a percentage increase, even if it's high, you're not looking at big dollars.
As a reader pointed out, the comparison would be clearer if we didn't mix a percentage increase and a raw-number increase.
We led the country in terms of a percentage increase in AP [Advanced Placement] credit hours, with students taking the AP exam.
"It is my fondest hope that exports will stay strong," Mr. Hardin said, "although I don't think it is realistic to expect a percentage increase equal to what we are seeing this year".
