<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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The correct answer is <u><em>x<-5</em></u>
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Answer: Don't know sorry
Step-by-step explanation:
483,600,000 miles
4 - hundred millions place
8 - ten millions place
3 - millions place
6 - hundred thousands place
0 - ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones place
Answer: 88 m
Step-by-step explanation:
A basketball court takes the shape of a rectangle and the perimeter of a rectangle is calculated by the formula:
= Length + Length + Width + Width
Slotting the figures in will give:
= 27 + 27 + 17 + 17
= 88 m