Deer
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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%.
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
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).