HELP PLEASE!!!
A 33.33% decrease followed by a 50% increase, is the final result greater than the original value, less than the original value, or the same as the original value?
Let's start with any number. We'll do 100 to make it easy..
A 33.33% decrease would be
.3333 × 100 = 33.33 (this is the amount of decrease). Subtract from the original amount...
100 - 33.33 = 66.67
Now let's increase by 50%...
66.67 × .50 = 33.335 (this is the amount of increase so add it to 66.67...
66.67 + 33.335 = 100.005
Rounded to the nearest hundredth it would be 100.01
Technically there is a slight increase from the original value. This is because the decrease is a repeating decimal that was rounded to the nearest hundredth, while the increase was a whole number... but I don't know how technical you want to get :)
