A salary is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. What is the net change?
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Starting from 100, a 10% increase gives 110.
A 10% decrease from 110 gives 99, which is 1% lower.
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Starting from 100, a 10% increase gives 110.
A 10% decrease from 110 gives 99, which is 1% lower.
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After a 20% increase, the quantity becomes 120% of the original.
The required reduction is 20/120 × 100 = 16⅔%.
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Convert each value to decimals: 5/8 = 0.625, 0.60 = 0.60, 59% = 0.59, and 3/5 = 0.60.
Therefore, 5/8 is the greatest.
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Multiply 2 × 3 = 6 and count three decimal places in total.
The product is 0.006.
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Multiply both numbers by 10 to remove decimals.
Then 48 ÷ 6 = 8.
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The third decimal digit is 6, so the second decimal digit is rounded up.
Thus, 18.746 becomes 18.75.
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The reciprocal of 0.25 is 1 ÷ 0.25.
Since 0.25 = 1/4, its reciprocal is 4.
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The decimal 0.375 equals 375/1000.
Dividing numerator and denominator by 125 gives 3/8.
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Divide 7 by 20 or convert the denominator to 100.
Since 7/20 = 35/100, the decimal is 0.35.
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Twenty-five percent is one quarter.
One quarter of 240 is 240 ÷ 4 = 60.
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The increase is 20 on an original value of 80.
The percentage increase is 20/80 × 100 = 25%.
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The square root is the number whose square equals 196.
Since 14 × 14 = 196, the answer is 14.