document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=349816>Question 349816</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the percent of increase is 16% and the new number is 522, how do we find the original number? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #250024 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=250024\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = the original number. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a 16% increase, then you're basically adding 16% of that original number to the original number. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words: 16% increase of some number = Some number + 16% of same number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Symbolically, this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B0.16x=1.16x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B0.16x=1.16x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Because we know that the new number is 522, we know that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.16x=522 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.16x=522\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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