Natalie's Nail Salon has 2 locations: Natalie's Downtown, and Natalie's By-the-Beach. The two salons combined performed 303 pedicures in the first quarter of 2011, and 378 pedicures in the second quarter. Pedicures cost $8.40 at both locations. Natalie notices that in Q1, 31% of pedicures are performed at By-the-Beach but in Q2, 47% of the total were performed there. Natalie's sales goals for Quarter 3 are 2.3% growth in each location compared to Quarter 2. Natalie is considering raising pedicures prices to $11.70 at both locations in Q3 to increase revenue.

Assuming growth was constant in Q2, what was the effective monthly growth rate at By-the-Beach during the quarter?

CALCULATED VARIABLES:

btbgr = 0.891 (89.1%)

revgrowth = $630

annualgr = 1.426 (142.6%)

q2gr = 0.248 (24.8%)