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3 years ago

A 100% increase followed by a 50% decrease

Mathematics

2 answers:

just olya [345]3 years ago

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Answer:

We end up with our original number

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be our number

We increase by 100

increase = old number * 100%

increase = x*1

increase = x

New number = old number + increase

= x+x

=2x

Now we decrease by 50%

decrease = number *50%

= 2x*.5

Final number = new number - decrease

= 2x-x

professor190 [17]3 years ago

4 0

We end up with our original number !

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