document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167708>Question 1167708</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "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:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Increase of  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28m%2Fp%29100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28m%2Fp%29100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=percent_increase ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"percent_increase\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; and the new price became <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%2Bm ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%2Bm\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From new price of p+m, the Decrease is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28m%2F%28p%2Bm%29%29100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28m%2F%28p%2Bm%29%29100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=percent_decrease ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"percent_decrease\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and this price has now returned to p. </SPAN>\n" );
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