You increase the size of a page by 30% then decrease it by 30% what is the size of the page now?
a)smaller than the size you started with
b)it depends on the original size of the page
c)the same size you started with
d)larger than the size you started with

The correct answer is A, smaller than the size you started with. Because you increased the size by 30% of the original page, and then took 30% of the larger page, you're taking more away than you increased it by. For instance, if you had a page that was 60 units², and you increased it by 30% (18 units), you would get 78 units². However, if you took 30% of 78 (23.4) and subtracted it, you would get 54.6 units², which is smaller than 60 units².

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Ithink the answer is a