Friday, October 21, 2011

Better? Or Worse? That Is The Question.

Here is your problem of the week.  As promised, no tricks this week!  Good luck!

Is a 10% raise followed by a 10% cut in pay better, worse, or the same as a 10% cut followed by a 10% raise?

Does either of them yield the original salary?

Explain your answer.  (Or better yet, prove you answer!)

As always, I will post the answer on Sunday.  Enjoy!
Sincerely,
The Math Freak
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  1. BrownieHartzOctober 21, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Neither gets you to the original salary, oh and they are the same salary in the end. As far as explaining goes... I'll leave that to real math freaks :)

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