Increasing and decreasing would cancel each other out. Then, increasing 100 by 5% would be 105. So the answer is 105.
Okay, my prior answer got deleted for no work, apparently.
I'll re-post it though.
That word problem translates to:
Three to the power of negative four is 81
Answer: 12
Step-by-step explanation: because each pack is 50cents so multiply .50 by 24 so the answer is 12