Problem: a corporation double its annual bonus to 100 of its employees . what percent of the employees ’ new bonus is the increase ?
Rationale: let the annual bonus be x . a corporation double its annual bonus . so new bonus = 2 x . increase = 2 x - x = x the increase is what percent of the employees ’ new bonus = ( x / 2 x ) * 100 = 50 % hence a .
annotated_formula: multiply(divide(subtract(const_2, const_1), const_2), 100)