Answer:
x = 1.2
Step-by-step explanation:
12.50x = 15
12.50/12.50 x = 15/12.50
x = 1.2
(Sorry i dont understand what you mean by percent increase)
Firstly, solve 38C15.
Then solve 42C12.
Compare your answers.
The goal here is to see if 38C15 = 42C12.
Here is the formula:
nCr = n!/(r!(n - r)!
Go for it.
After clarification we see the respective diameters are


We're asked about the ratio

Now we can go through the choices.
A. If a = 4 and b = 6, then cell a is 100 times greater than cell b.

It would be more proper to say the diameter of cell A is 100 times the diameter of cell B, but yes, this is TRUE.
B. If a = 4 and b = 6, then cell b is 100 times greater than cell a.
FALSE. 10 to the minus 4 is 100 times bigger than 10 to the minus 6, so a is bigger.
C. If a = 4 and b = 6, then cell a is 2 times greater than cell b.
FALSE. We already calculated its 100 times bigger.
D. If a = 4 and b = 6, then cell b is 2 times greater than cell a.
FALSE.
Keep, change, flip
Example: 3/4 divided by 6/8
Step 1: keep 3/4
Step two: change the division sign to a multiplication sign
Step 3: flip 6/8 and make it 8/6
Step 4: multiply it, then that’s your answer to the division problem