SOLUTION: An item costs $32. The price increased by $5, then reduced by $5? What is the percent increase, after increasing the original by $5? What is the percent decreasing the increased

Question 1167708: An item costs $32. The price increased by $5, then reduced by $5? What is the percent increase, after increasing the original by $5? What is the percent decreasing the increased price by $5? Are they the same?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Just in general, if item costs p and it is made to increase by m and then later decrease by m, these are the percentage changes:

Increase of ; and the new price became .

From new price of p+m, the Decrease is ;
and this price has now returned to p.
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