Posers and Puzzles
60.13N / 25.01E
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A post-xmas sale promised reductions of price ranging to 30 to 70 percent. Seeing that 30+70 = 100 had me thinking..
A company increases the price of a product by p%, then reduces it by q% so that p + q = 100. How much is p, if two changes cancel each other out?
127.0.0.1
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- 18 Dec '03
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Well
1 + p has an inverse relation ship with 1 - q if the two cancel each other out, and since p + q = 1, then 1 - q = p:
(1 + p) * p = 1
p^2 + p - 1 = 0
The quadratic formula makes that
Reveal Hidden Contentp = -1/2 + sqrt(5)/2 ~= 0.618
60.13N / 25.01E
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Reveal Hidden ContentIndeed it is. The golden ratio once again.
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