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  x = 20%

Step-by-step explanation:

The area is the product of side lengths. If the original side is "a", then the one increased by 25% is ...

  a + 0.25·a = 1.25a

The one decreased by x is ...

  a -x·a = a(1 -x)

We want the area of the square to be the same as that of the rectangle, so we write an equation that says that, then solve for x.

  square area = rectangle area

  a^2 = (1.25a)(a)(1-x)

  1 = 1.25 -1.25x . . . . divide by a^2, eliminate parentheses

  1.25x = 0.25 . . . . . add 1.25x -1

  x = 0.25/1.25 = 0.20

  x = 20% . . . . . . expressed as a percentage

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following

wholesale price is the initial price before markup. retail price comes after the markup.

a price of 8 bucks that's marked up by 100%   is

formula: initial price + (percent markup in fraction/decimal)(initial price)

8+(1)(8)

8+8

16

retail price is $16.