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Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:07 pm
Sorry for the stupid question, but I was asked it and didn't know how to answer...
There are two deer in a field. A third deer comes out of the bush to join them. How much does the group increase by?
Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:28 pm
50%?
If there are two deer, then one deer represents 50% of the total amount of deer. One deer = 50%. One more deer comes = 50% increase. But after that deer comes, then one deer only represents 33% of the total amount of deer, so if a 4th deer were to come, it would only be a 33% increase.
I think.
Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:34 pm
Pretty sure it's 50%. If you add 50% of the group of two deer onto the group, then it would end up being three deer.
Plus, 33% is how much the third deer makes up in the group of three and I don't know where the 66% fits in.
Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:54 pm
It's 50%. Here's why:
When you say, "How much does it increase by?" you are asking the same as: "What percentage of the old population are the new additions equal to?"
So, you have a group of 2, and one new addition. One is 50% of two.
Another view: Multiply the first question by 50.
You have 100 deer, and add 50. What percentage does the group increase by?
Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:52 pm
There's no increase in the amount of deer because there were three deer to begin with. The third one was just hiding in a bush.
Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:14 pm
The increase is in the group, which the deer wasn't part of.
Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:34 am
I have no clue but I don't really want to ask Jeeves. So...
None. The deer wasn't really a deer, it was a poodle. In disguise.
Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:20 am
If 2 deer = 100% then 1 deer = 50%
Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:12 am
I voted for 33%, tried to explain my logic...and failed miserably.
But hey, I was an English major for the short time I went to college...I failed basic algebra. So anything I could have said would have likely been wrong.
So...I'm going to agree with the disguised poodle theory.
Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:53 pm
The group has increased by half its original population, therefore 50 %
Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:55 pm
Kugetsu wrote:The increase is in the group, which the deer wasn't part of.
Well, the word "group" is quite vague in this question. I'm just using a different, yet equally valid definition, of which deer the group includes. =)
Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:04 pm
Ski wrote:There's no increase in the amount of deer because there were three deer to begin with. The third one was just hiding in a bush.
I'm with him.
Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:24 pm
Mmm... Venison steak... Sounds delicious...
Oh, oops, you weren't talking about eating deer. My mistake.
Anyways, it would increase by 50%.
Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:25 am
Isnt it 33%?
Cause 100/3 = 33.3 right?
Or am I just smoking something and not knowing it? O.o
Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:49 am
33% is the amount that one deer in a group of three makes up (not how much it increases by), if you increase 100% (2 deer) by 50% (1 deer) you get 3 deer (and 150%, of course).
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