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Question 1

Formula for asking for % change

Answer 1

( New - Old ) / Old

Question 2

If looking for _______, _________ or __________, Use the formula New Percent = New Value/Original Value

Answer 2

Original Value, the New Value, the New % of the original value.

Question 3

A 15% decrease is also expressed as ?

Answer 3

75% or (.75) of original

Question 4

Successive Percent Probs
EX.

If the price of a shirt increases by 25%, then is put on sale and reduced at 15%, how to set up the formula.

Answer 4

(S(1.25))*(.85) = New Shirt Price

Question 5

Compounding interest can be treated like ?

Answer 5

Successive Percent Problems

EX.
100 @ 10% compounded quarterly. What is the new amount after 9 months?
((100)(1.025))(1.025)(1.025) =