document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=721100>Question 721100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company reduced the price of an article by 5%.by what per cent a retailer must increase the new price so as to sell the article at the old price ?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So to solve this problem, we need to think of the price as a value, like x. So if the original price was x, then when the company reduced the price by 5%, the equation would look like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - (x)(5%)  => x-.05x => x(1-.05) => x(.95) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, if we want to get back to the original price, we need to get .95x back to 1x. So the difference between 1 and .95 is .05 which translates to 5%. So the retailed must increase the new price by 5% to sell the article at the old price. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps!\r<BR>\n" );
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