a company sells pens and pencils . the revenue from pens in 2007 was up 5 % from 2006 . the revenue from pencils declined 13 % over the same period . overall revenue was down 1 % from 06 to 07 . what was the ratio of pencil revenue to pen revenue in 2006
let the revenue of pens be ' x ' let the revenue of pencils be ' y ' the revenue of pens up from 2006 by 5 % = > 105 % the revenue of pencils down from 2006 by 13 % = > 87 % overall revenue down by 1 % = > 99 % hence the ratio of pencils to pens = 6 / 12 = 1 / 2 answer : a
divide(subtract(add(5, const_100), subtract(const_100, 1)), subtract(subtract(const_100, 1), subtract(const_100, 13)))