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1. Increase the number 100 by 5% 2.Decrease the result by 5% 3. Increase the result by 5% What is the result? Why is it not 100? Please show your work.

1. Increase the number 100 by 5% 2.Decrease the result by 5% 3. Increase the result by 5% What is the result? Why is it not 100? Please show your work.
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1. Increase the number 100 by 5%

2.Decrease the result by 5%
3. Increase the result by 5%

What is the result? Why is it not 100?

Please show your work.

User Jared Harding
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Increasing and decreasing would cancel each other out. Then, increasing 100 by 5% would be 105. So the answer is 105.
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