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The profit of store A increases from
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13 Sep 2014, 23:34
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The profit of store A increases from \(20%\) to \(24%\)while the profit of store B decreases from \(24%\) to \(20%\).
Quantity A
Percentage increase in store A's profit
Quantity B
Percentage decrease in store B's profit
Quantity A
Percentage increase in store A's profit
Quantity B
Percentage decrease in store B's profit
Re: The profit of store A increases from
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13 Sep 2014, 23:51
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Say both sores have a capital of 100.
A----- 100
Old Profit of A------------ 20 (20%)
New Profit of A------------ 24
Increase in profit-----------(4/20)*100-----------20%
B------100
Old Profit of B------------ 24
New Profit of B------------ 20
Decrease in Profit ----------- (4/24)*100----- 18.666%
Hence A.
A----- 100
Old Profit of A------------ 20 (20%)
New Profit of A------------ 24
Increase in profit-----------(4/20)*100-----------20%
B------100
Old Profit of B------------ 24
New Profit of B------------ 20
Decrease in Profit ----------- (4/24)*100----- 18.666%
Hence A.
Re: The profit of store A increases from
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08 Mar 2018, 00:41
08 Mar 2018, 00:41
maybeam wrote:
The profit of store A increases from \(20%\) to \(24%\)while the profit of store B decreases from \(24%\) to \(20%\).
Quantity A
Percentage increase in store A's profit
Quantity B
Percentage decrease in store B's profit
Quantity A
Percentage increase in store A's profit
Quantity B
Percentage decrease in store B's profit
In this problem, we know that the percent increase would 4/20 for A.
For B, the percent decrease would be 4/24.
If the denominator are bigger while the numerator are the same, the one with bigger denominator would be smaller.
so, A>B
