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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?

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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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The increase is in the group, which the deer wasn't part of.

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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.

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If 2 deer = 100% then 1 deer = 50%

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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.

The group has increased by half its original population, therefore 50 %

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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. =)

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I'm with him.

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Mmm... Venison steak... Sounds delicious...

Oh, oops, you weren't talking about eating deer. My mistake.

Anyways, it would increase by 50%.

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Isnt it 33%?

Cause 100/3 = 33.3 right?

Or am I just smoking something and not knowing it? O.o

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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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