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kooltrainer

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a=root(b/c)
if i increase c by 3% what is the resultant percentage decrease in a?
 

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Are you serious?
Lol maybe that's his goal or something

Anyway, kooltrainer do you get it, it's pretty simple really,

you increase c by 3%, means u get 1.03*c
But now you've changed the right side which means you need to do the same shiz you did on the right, to the left side.
So you divide by (1.03)^0.5

And so (a) has changed from 100% to 1/(1.03)^0.5 percent
so just do 1- [1/(1.03)^0.5] to get the percentage change...
 

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Lol maybe that's his goal or something

Anyway, kooltrainer do you get it, it's pretty simple really,

you increase c by 3%, means u get 1.03*c
But now you've changed the right side which means you need to do the same shiz you did on the right, to the left side.
So you divide by (1.03)^0.5

And so (a) has changed from 100% to 1/(1.03)^0.5 percent
so just do 1- [1/(1.03)^0.5] to get the percentage change...
Um, he's at uni bro.
 

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