document.write( "Question 1060931: Due to inflation there were two demand increases. After the second, the price for the certain item became 6 times the original. What was the percent increase of the second if the first increase was 50%? \n" ); document.write( "
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original cost = $100\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "first increase = $100 * 150% = $150\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "second increase: $150 * 400% = $600\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Percent increase the second time was 400 - 100 = \"300\"%.
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