The output of a factory is increased by 10% to keep up with rising demand. To handle the holiday rush, this new output is increased by 50%. By approximately what percent would the output of the factory now have to be decreased in order to restore the original output?	Pick one.
A) 20%  B) 24%  C) 30%  D) 32%  E) 39%
take it as original output =100.   to meet demand increase by 10%, then output=110.   to meet holiday demand , new output increase by 50% then output equals 165   To restore new holidy demand output to original 100.   final -initial/final*100   =65/165*100=39% approxiamately.   option 39% is correct.
<result>E</result>
The output of a factory is increased by 10% to keep up with rising demand. To handle the holiday rush, this new output is increased by 50%. By approximately what percent would the output of the factory now have to be decreased in order to restore the original output?