Successive Percent Change
GMAT glossary · Quantitative Reasoning
Definition
Multiple percent changes applied by multiplying successive decimal factors.
Successive Percent Change in plain English
Percent changes act on different bases, so they do not simply cancel. Convert each change to a multiplier, for example, up 20% is 1.20, and multiply the factors in sequence.
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