<span>Answer:
The multiplication factor of increase should be inverse of the multiplication factor of decrease.
e.g. Say you have a number 100.
You increase it by 25%. The multiplication factor is 5/4 i.e. when you multiply 100 by 5/4, you get 100*5/4 = 125. This is 25% more than 100.
Now you want to decrease it by a certain % such that you get 100 back.
Basically, 100*5/4 * x = 100
So x = 4/5 (inverse of 5/4)
Hence, you decrease by 20% (the multiplication factor of 20% is 4/5)
or
Use this formula: cumulative % change = a + b + ab/100
You want the cumulative change to be 0.
a + b + ab/100 = 0
If you know that you are increasing by 25% and want to find the % by which you should decrease to get the same number,
25 + b + 25b/100 = 0
5b/4 = -25
b = -20
So you need to decrease (hence you get the -ve sign) by 20%.</span>
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Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
It depends on the columns
Step-by-step explanation:
If the number begins by being rational, multiplying by 0.5 will not change whether or not it is rational. It will remain rational.
That would include any even number 12 * 0.5 = 6
12 started out as rational, so the answer is rational (6)
Any odd number is also rational
23 * 0.5 = 11.5
23 and 11.5 are both rational.
3.636363636 ... is rational so when multiplied by 0.5 the result will be rational.
1.818181818....
So if we start with something irrational like pi
then pi * 0.5 is not rational.
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