<p>The price of a telephone was first increased by 10 percent and then the new price was decreased by 25 percent the final price was what percent of the initial price??</p>
<p>shouldnt it be 85?</p>
<p>help please thanks</p>
<p>a classic math trap</p>
<p>it should be 82.5</p>
<p>amd why is that...?</p>
<p>for example:</p>
<p>start: 100
add 10 %</p>
<p>100 times 0.10= 10
+100= 110</p>
<p>decreased by 25%
25% of 110 is 27.5</p>
<p>110-27.5= 82.5</p>
<p>thank you!</p>