a baseball card decreased in value 50 % in its first year and 10 % in its second year . what was the total percent decrease of the card ' s value over the two years ?
"let the initial value of baseball card = 100 after first year , value of baseball card = ( 1 - 50 / 100 ) * 100 = 50 after second year , value of baseball card = ( 1 - 10 / 100 ) * 50 = 45 total percent decrease of the card ' s value over the two years = ( 100 - 45 ) / 100 * 100 % = 55 % answer b"
subtract(const_100, multiply(multiply(subtract(const_1, divide(10, const_100)), subtract(const_1, divide(50, const_100))), const_100))