The output of a factory is increased by 10% to keep up with rising demand.

The output of a factory is increased by 10% to keep up with rising demand. To handle the holiday rush, this new output is increased by 50%. By approximately what percent would the output of the factory now have to be decreased in order to restore the original output?

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Answer/Solution

39%

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take it as original output =100.
to meet demand increase by 10%, then output=110.
to meet holiday demand , new output increase by 50% then output equals 165
To restore new holidy demand output to original 100.
final -initial/final*100
=65/165*100=39% approxiamately.
option E is correct.

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The output of a factory is increased by % to keep up with rising demand. To handle the holiday rush, this new output is increased by %. By approximately what percent would the output of the factory now have to be decreased in order to restore the original output?

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