a retailer purchases shirts from a wholesaler and then sells the shirts in her store at a retail price that is 50 percent greater than the wholesale price . if the retailer decreases the retail price by 30 percent this will have the same effect as increasing the wholesale price by what percent ?
answer : d = 5 . assume rs . 100 to be the price at which the retailer buys from wholesaler . 50 % increase makes retail price = 150 . now 30 % decrease - > ( 1 - 30 / 100 ) * 150 = 105 . now compared to the wholesale price of 100 , 5 % increase is what will have the same effect as increasing the wholesale price .
multiply(subtract(multiply(add(const_1, divide(50, const_100)), subtract(const_1, divide(30, const_100))), const_1), const_100)