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08 Sep 2010, 13:26
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HI Guys.
I found a good method while going thru a book in case u guys dont know!!!
suppose a questions says first the price of an article increase by 20% then after that price got reduced by 5%
normally we calculate seprately for some original price
like say
(1.2)x and then to calculate 5 % reduce we calculate 5% of (1.2)x
shortcut is we can calculate by formula (p1+/-p2)+/-((p1*p2)/100)
p1-->1st percentage
p2 -->2nd one
sign of + or - in first bracket depending on increase or decrease
in second bracket sign outside it will be product of initial sign of p1 and p2 like for both decrease +ve*-ve=-ve
i know u may find it difficult to cram but see an example u dont need to learn at all
sol for above eg
20-5-((20*5)/100)
15-1
14% of original value
another example
suppose length increase by 20% breadth by 30 % then overal area increase wil be 20+30+(20*30)/100)=56% more of original
..
we use -ve sign for reduction ,+ve for increase and if both are decrease then in product of p1*p2 part value will be +ve (since -ve*-ve=+ve)
Hope it help u guys..!!
thanx
I found a good method while going thru a book in case u guys dont know!!!
suppose a questions says first the price of an article increase by 20% then after that price got reduced by 5%
normally we calculate seprately for some original price
like say
(1.2)x and then to calculate 5 % reduce we calculate 5% of (1.2)x
shortcut is we can calculate by formula (p1+/-p2)+/-((p1*p2)/100)
p1-->1st percentage
p2 -->2nd one
sign of + or - in first bracket depending on increase or decrease
in second bracket sign outside it will be product of initial sign of p1 and p2 like for both decrease +ve*-ve=-ve
i know u may find it difficult to cram but see an example u dont need to learn at all
sol for above eg
20-5-((20*5)/100)
15-1
14% of original value
another example
suppose length increase by 20% breadth by 30 % then overal area increase wil be 20+30+(20*30)/100)=56% more of original
..
we use -ve sign for reduction ,+ve for increase and if both are decrease then in product of p1*p2 part value will be +ve (since -ve*-ve=+ve)
Hope it help u guys..!!
thanx
08 Sep 2010, 15:37
Kudos
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I think I'm just lazy to try to memorize another formula. There are just way too many formulas in this world, so why not just try to solve by deriving things (or just use common sense)?
20% increase, then 5% decrease, is simply:
(1.2y)*(.95) = 1.14y (or 14% increase). What's so difficult with that?
or if you do: 7% increase, then 30% decrease, and then 15% increase:
(1.07)*(0.70)*(1.15) ~ 0.86y (or 14% decrease)
20% increase, then 5% decrease, is simply:
(1.2y)*(.95) = 1.14y (or 14% increase). What's so difficult with that?
or if you do: 7% increase, then 30% decrease, and then 15% increase:
(1.07)*(0.70)*(1.15) ~ 0.86y (or 14% decrease)
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08 Sep 2010, 22:41
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adalfu
Hi adalfu well said it depends on person to person for u it may be easy to do calculation in mind like adding .2 subtracting .05 and then multiplying 1.2 with .95(for me its bit difficult & time consuming though to multiply 1.2 with .95)........ for others it may not be the case....
one can simply deal with the given values by just using it...!!
