Pls help fraction and percent word problem From 2012 to 2014, the cost of limes fell by 20%. Farmers increased the cost of limes by 20% from 2012 to 2013. How much did the cost fall from 2013 to 2014, after the farmers were removed?

(A) 20%
(B) 33.3%
(C) 50%
(D) 66.6%
(E) 80%

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2012 - 2014 = -20%

2012 - 2013 = +20%

2013 - 2012 = 1 = 100%

Soo :

100% - 20%

= 80% (E.)

answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.