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When you find more than 100% of a number , how does your answer relate to the original number
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When you find more than 100% of a number , how does your answer relate to the original number

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The answer will be greater than the original number.

Percent means per one hundred so:

n(100+d)/100

n(1+d/100)

Since d>0, (1+d/100)>1, so the answer will be greater than n.
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the answer is greater than the original number

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