Question

if a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain?(ans:38) how??

Answer 1

let sales be 100
therefore with 15% increase sales it 115
and again 20% increase sales is 138
so net gaun of 38%

Answer 2

thnkxx..

Answer 3

another technique to calculate it is

15% + 20% + (15+20)/100 = 35% + 3% = 38%

Answer 4

why u ignore the 0.5 as it comes fm here(15+20)/100=3.5??i think it may be 15*20/100..

Answer 5

so sorry 15% + 20% + (15*20)/100 = 35% + 3% = 38%