document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201085>Question 1201085</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the percent rate if a quantity is 4 times the size of the base? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"percent rate\" does not have a clear meaning....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Presumably \"if a quantity is 4 times the size of its base\" means a previous measurement of something was made and now the measurement is 4 times the previous one.  In that case...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) The new measurement is 400% OF the old measurement;<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The new measurement represents a 300% INCREASE over the old measurement.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the answer to your question is PROBABLY either 300% or 400%... unless what you mean by \"percent rate\" is yet something different.<br><BR>\n" );
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