{"id":24581,"date":"2022-12-04T04:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-maths-two-percentage-increases-any-takers\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T04:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T23:17:10","slug":"solved-maths-two-percentage-increases-any-takers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-maths-two-percentage-increases-any-takers\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Maths Two Percentage Increases &#8211; Any Takers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-39706290\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"39706290\" data-parentid=\"39704874\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>First:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>You did not use <strong>D<\/strong>: I suppose instead of <strong>B \/ 6<\/strong>, it should read <strong>B x D<\/strong>, where <strong>D<\/strong> can be either <strong>20%<\/strong> or <strong>16,666&#8230;%<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>There is a mistake: <strong>B x C<\/strong> is not <strong>3.60<\/strong> for the given values (<strong>B=20, C=15%<\/strong>), it is <strong>3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a matter of mathematical deduction:<\/p>\n<p>Given the equation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>E = B &#8211; A &#8211; (B x C) &#8211; (B  x D)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Add <strong>A<\/strong> to both sides:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>E + A = B &#8211; (B x C) &#8211; (B x D)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Isolate <strong>B<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>E + A = B x (1 &#8211; C &#8211; D)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Divide both sides by <strong>(1 &#8211; C &#8211; D)<\/strong>. Condition: <strong>C + D<\/strong> cannot equal <strong>100%<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>(E + A) \/ (1 &#8211; C &#8211; D) = B<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So there is your formula for calculating <strong>B<\/strong>. Take note of the condition: this only holds true when <strong>C + D<\/strong> is not equal to <strong>100%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">0<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Maths Two Percentage Increases &#8211; Any Takers <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] First: You did not use D: I suppose instead of B \/ 6, it should read B x D, where D can be either 20% or 16,666&#8230;% There is a mistake: B x C is not 3.60 for the given values (B=20, C=15%), it is 3. 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