A50% increase followed by a 33.33 percent decrease. greater or larger that original amount?

Can someone me i’m confused. will give brainliest and a whole bunch of points

How do i start to solve? would appreciate a walk-thru! a bird sitting 16ft above the ground in an apple tree dislodges an apple. after how many seconds does the apple land on the ground? (assuming that no branches will interfere with it's fall)

Luke wants to reduce the area of his rectangular garden by 1/4 the expression 14/w can be used to represent this change. what is another way to write this expression?