Question

Tim saw that a pair of $200 dollar jeans had been marked down by 20%. He told his friend that if you took the new price of the jeans and increased that value by 20%, the jeans would return to the original price of $200. is he correct or no?

Answer 1

Hey there!

The answer is no, they would not return to the original price of $200.

This is because when you decrease 200 by 20%, you get 160. Then, if you increase 160 by 20%, you get 192. This is because 20% of 200 and 20% of 160 is different.

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