You use growth factor in the formula below, and solve the calculation or equation that appears. When using the formula, you always insert for the value you want to find.
Formula
New value = old value growth factor
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Example 1
The price of a car decreases by %. What will the price be after the decrease if the price of the car is $?
Here the old price is $, new value , and the growth factor is as follows:
The new price will be
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Example 2
iPhone 13 costs $ and is increased by % from iPhone 12. What did the iPhone 12 cost?
Here is old price , new value $, and the growth factor becomes
The old price was thus:
So, an iPhone 12 costs $.
Example 3
An item originally costed $. The price was reduced to $, and the store says that the item is lowered by %. Is it true?
To find , you must first find the growth factor. You do this by using the formula above.
The price has only been reduced by %. You could have been tricked!