Page 3. The annual number of burglaries in a town rose by 50% in 2012 and fell by 10% in 2013. Hence the total number of

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Page 3. The annual number of burglaries in a town rose by 50% in 2012 and fell by 10% in 2013. Hence the total number of burglaries increased by 40% over the two- year period. a. What is the mistaken assumption here? b. Why is that assumption incorrect? c. By what percent has the number of burglaries actually changed in the two-year period? show calculation d. By what percent would the crime have to decrease in the second year in order for the change over the two-year period to actually be a 40% increase? Round to nearest 10th percent (ex-decimal .05873 is 5.873% to one decimal is 5.9%) show calculation of 4 O ZOOM +
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