Over a 10-year period, a grocery store chain increased its number of stores from 470 to 520. What was the percent increase in the number of stores? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 11.6 $\%$
B) 10.6 $\%$
C) 50.0 $\%$
D) 1.1 $\%$
E) 10.7 $\%$

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The percent increase is calculated as $\frac{520 - 470}{470} \times 100 = \frac{50}{470} \times 100 \approx 10.6\%$.

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