Excel formula to add percentage to a number? ?

Question

What´s the formula to add a percentage to a number?

For example:

I have 500,000 I want to add 5% to it to give me 525,000

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If your number is in A1 for instance and you want this answer in B1 just type in B1: =A1*1.05

You can use any percentage increase this way.